'Concoction' definitions:
Definition of 'concoction'
From: WordNet
noun
Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" [syn: concoction, mixture, intermixture]
noun
An occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
noun
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"
noun
The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components [syn: confection, concoction]
Definition of 'Concoction'
From: GCIDE
- Concoction \Con*coc"tion\, n. [L. concoctio.]
- 1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. --Donne. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'concoction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admixture,
- alloy,
- amalgam,
- artifact,
- authorship,
- beginning,
- blend,
- brainchild,
- brew,
- canard,
- child,
- coinage,
- combination,
- combo,
- commixture,
- composite,
- conception,
- confection,
- contrivance,
- contriving,
- creation,
- creative effort,
- creature,
- crowning achievement,
- decoction,
- decoctum,
- devising,
- distillation,
- effect,
- end product,
- ensemble,
- essence,
- extract,
- extravaganza,
- fable,
- fabrication,
- fiction,
- figment,
- forgery,
- fruit,
- generation,
- handiwork,
- hatching,
- immixture,
- improvisation,
- intermixture,
- invention,
- issue,
- magma,
- making do,
- manufacture,
- masterpiece,
- masterwork,
- mintage,
- mixture,
- myth,
- new mintage,
- offspring,
- opera,
- opus,
- opuscule,
- origination,
- outcome,
- outgrowth,
- paste,
- product,
- production,
- result,
- romance,
- work