Decoction
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈkɒkʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Decoction is a noun meaning An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.
Meaning
An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.
More Meanings
- The process of boiling something down in this way.
Example Sentences
Poley offered a hot decoction of blackberries, saying: Peace?
The transition is a keen one, I assure you, from a schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin and bear it.
Witches and devils no longer threaten you and me. We don’t mind living next door to the harmless lady with her herb garden and decoction still, her black cat and red hair.
Even the fixed principles of vegetables, at least some of them, are injured by long decoction. The extractive matter, for instance, gradually absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere, and is converted into a substance nearly insipid and inert.
Word Forms
- decoctions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include extract, excoction, boildown, distillation, coction, distillate.
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