concoction (redirected from concoctions)

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.

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

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con·cocter, con·coctor n.

con·coction n.

con·coctive adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	concoction - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" intermixture, mixture 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 confection creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it

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concoction

noun mixture, preparation, compound, brew, combination, creation, blend

Translations

concoction [kənˈkɔkʃən] n (= food) → mezcla (= drink); brebaje m

concoction [kənˈkɔkʃən] n (= food, drink) → mélange m

concoction [kənˈkɔkʃən] concoct n → Zusammenstellung f;

(drink) → Gebräu nt

concoction [kənˈkɔkʃən] n (= food, drink) → miscuglio