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concoction

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con·coct  (kn-kkt)
tr.v. con·coct·ed, con·coct·ing, con·cocts
1. To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking.
2. To devise, using skill and intelligence; contrive: concoct a mystery story.

[Latin concoquere, concoct-, to boil together : com-, com- + coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]

con·cocter, con·coctor n.
con·coction n.
con·coctive adj.

concoction [kənˈkɒkʃən]
n
1. the act or process of concocting
2. something concocted
3. an untruth; lie
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.concoctionconcoction - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
mincemeat - spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat
stuffing, dressing - a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
roux - a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces
batter - a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
dough - a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
mix, premix - a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
filling - a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
2.concoction - an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
mix, mixture - an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures"
3.concoction - the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"
invention, excogitation, innovation, conception, design - the creation of something in the mind
4.concoction - the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it

concoction
noun mixture, preparation, compound, brew, combination, creation, blend This concoction helps to control skin blemishes.
Translations
concoction [kənˈkɒkʃən] N
1. (= food) → mezcla f, mejunje m; (= drink) → brebaje m
2. (= act) [of food, drink] → confección f; [of story] → invención f
concoction [kənˈkɒkʃən] n (= food, drink) → mélange m
concoction
n
(= food)Kreation f, → Zusammenstellung f; (= drink)Gebräu nt; one of her little concoctionseines ihrer Spezialrezepte
(= story etc)Erdichtung f; (Fashion) → Zauberei f, → Spielerei f; the plot is an amazing concoction of bizarre eventsder Plot ist eine erstaunliche Verkettung der merkwürdigsten Ereignisse
concoction [kənˈkɒkʃn] n (food, drink) → miscuglio
concoction [kənˈkɒkʃn] n (food, drink) → miscuglio


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Even Allie Boone, whose frocks came from Paris, was wont to look with longing eyes on that rosebud concoction as Anne trailed up the main staircase at Redmond in it.
(not the first founded on paper), and was already deep in the concoction of her story, being unable to decide whether the duel should come before the elopement or after the murder.
For that instant everything hung in the balance, for had he done so and found the empty submarine still lying at her wharf the whole weak fabric of my concoction would have tumbled about our heads; but evidently he decided the message must be genuine, nor indeed was there any good reason to doubt it since it would scarce have seemed credible to him that two slaves would voluntarily have given themselves into custody in any such manner as this.
 
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