Concoction

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English

Noun

Concoction (plural Concoctions)
  1. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
  2. Something made-up, an invention.
  3. A mixture prepared in such a way.
  4. (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).

Adjectives for Concoction

unusual; bitter; delicious; fatal; intricate; potent; charming; rare; wonderful; striking; perfect; lovely; pretty; extraordinary; amazing; curious; grotesque; strange; foolish; occasional; lucky; strategic; simplest; unbeatable; agricultural; mental; brilliant; intellectual; exclusive; special; ecstatic; positive; possible; seasonable; solemn; subtle; gigantic; magnificent; extensive; weird; nutritive; synergistic; inexplicable; incongruous; pleasing; industrial; vigorous; ingenious; skillful; pernicious; bright; bold; distasteful; compelling; illegal; irresistible; unholy; dextrous.

Verbs for Concoction

reveal—; seal—; warn against—; achieve—; attain—; conceal—; hide—; join—; justify—; —conflicts; —strengthens; evolve—.

Thesaurus

admixture, alloy, amalgam, artifact, authorship, beginning, blend, brainchild, brew, canard, child, coinage, combination, combo, commixture, composite, conception, confection, contrivance, contriving, creation, creative effort, creature, crowning achievement, decoction, decoctum, devising, distillation, effect, end product, ensemble, essence, extract, extravaganza, fable, fabrication, fiction, figment, forgery, fruit, generation, handiwork, hatching, immixture, improvisation, intermixture, invention, issue, magma, making do, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, mintage, mixture, myth, new mintage, offspring, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome, outgrowth, paste, product, production, result, romance, work

Etymology

From Latin concoctiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /kənˈkɒkʃən/

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