Concoction

Quick meaning: Concoction is a noun meaning The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.

Meaning

The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.

More Meanings

1. A mixture prepared in such a way.
2. (figurative) Something made up, an invention.
3. (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
4. (obsolete, figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
5. (obsolete, medicine) An abatement of a morbid process, such as a fever, and a return to a normal condition.
6. (obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.

Example Sentences

Salt is a very favoured ingredient of spell-binding concoctions.

[Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]

Deer Sperm: In ancient times, this was used as an ingredient on aphrodisiac concoctions. An example of organotherapy.

There are also divers other great alterations of matter and bodies , besides those that tend to concoction and maturation

Word Forms

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Synonyms for concoction

Depending on context, synonyms include confection, mixture, intermixture.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include intermixture, mixture, confection, preparation, coction, recoction.

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