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Definition of Concoction
1. Noun. Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients. "He drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
Generic synonyms: Food Product, Foodstuff
Specialized synonyms: Mincemeat, Dressing, Stuffing, Roux, Batter, Dough, Mix, Premix, Filling
Derivative terms: Concoct, Mix
2. Noun. An occurrence of an unusual mixture. "It suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
3. Noun. The invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose. "She has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"
Derivative terms: Concoct, Concoct
4. Noun. The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components.
Generic synonyms: Creating From Raw Materials
Derivative terms: Concoct, Concoct, Confect, Confection
Definition of Concoction
1. n. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
Definition of Concoction
1. Noun. (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.). ¹
2. Noun. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients. ¹
3. Noun. A mixture prepared in such a way. ¹
4. Noun. Something made-up, an invention. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Concoction
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concoction
Literary usage of Concoction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon (1824)
"Experiment solitary touching concoction and crudity. 838. THE word concoction,
or digestion, is chiefly taken into use from living creatures and their ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1907)
"... as lie would certainly have done under other circumstances, upon the concoction
of some astounding inversion or inscrutable canon. ..."
3. The Physiology of Digestion: Considered with Relation to the Principles of by Andrew Combe (1836)
"Hippocrates regarded digestion as a kind of concoction or stewing ; and many of
his followers believed that it is effected in the stomach by the agency of ..."
4. The Physiology of Digestion: Considered with Relation to the Principles of by Andrew Combe (1836)
"Hippocrates regarded digestion as a kind of concoction or stewing ; and many of
his followers believed that it is effected in the stomach by the agency of ..."