concoction

concoction
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • concoction — ● concoction nom féminin (bas latin concoctio, onis, du latin classique concoquare, faire cuire ensemble) Littéraire. Produit, écrit, etc., élaboré avec soin. ⇒CONCOCTION, subst. fém. A. Vx. Cuisson des aliments (cf. coction A). La concoction des …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • concoction — CONCOCTION, s. f. terme didactique, se dit De la digestion des alimens. Tel remède facilite la concoction. On dit ordinairement Coction …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • concoction — Concoction, Faire concoction, Digerer, Concoquere, Coctionem, siue Concoctionem facere, Cibum perficere, vel peragere …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • concoction — Concoction. Se dit de la premiere digestion des viandes, des aliments. Tel remede facilite la concoction …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • concoction — index arrangement (plan), composition (makeup), creation, fiction, figment, formation, invention …   Law dictionary

  • concoction — 1530s, digestion, from L. concoctionem (nom. concoctio) digestion, noun of action from pp. stem of concoquere (see CONCOCT (Cf. concoct)). Meaning preparation of a medicinal potion is from 1851; sense of a made up story is from 1823 …   Etymology dictionary

  • concoction — [n] creation, blend brew, combination, compound, contrivance, intention, medley, mixture, plan, preparation, project, solution; concepts 260,432,660 …   New thesaurus

  • concoction — noun 1. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients he volunteered to taste her latest concoction he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade • Syn: ↑mixture, ↑intermixture • Derivationally related forms: ↑mix ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • concoction — noun 1) a concoction containing gin and vodka Syn: mixture, brew, preparation, potion 2) a strange concoction of folk pop and Gregorian chant Syn: blend, mixture, mix, combination, hybrid 3) …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • concoction — UK [kənˈkɒkʃ(ə)n] / US [kənˈkɑkʃən] noun [countable] Word forms concoction : singular concoction plural concoctions 1) a) an unusual drink or meal that is made by mixing things in a new way b) something that is made or produced by putting several …   English dictionary

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