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concoction

UK/kənˈkɒkʃən/US/kənˈkɑkʃən/
nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,268 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: concoctions

A concoction is a drink or a story made up from mixed parts. A strange concoction.

It suggests improvisation rather than a recipe, and often that the result is doubtful. A concoction of a story is one assembled from pieces rather than invented whole.

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Definitions of concoction

  1. 1nounconcoctionA drink or a story made up from mixed parts.C1

    “The concoction in the jug turned out to be mostly cider.”

concoction is a mixture.

Where it comes from

Latin concoctio comes from concoquere, to cook together, from com plus coquere, to cook.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *pekʷ-

  2. Latin

    concoctiō

  3. English, today

    concoction

From Latin concoctiō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

concoction in the wild

  • The concoction is then traditionally left to steep for several days, though some recipes call for the addition of other alcoholic beverages, juices, and fruit extracts.

    Zurracapote

  • The concoction will develop an increasingly fierce taste capable of lasting for many years.

    Banon cheese

  • Burong mangga is a Filipino side dish and concoction made by mixing sugar, salt, and water with mangoes that have previously been salted.

    Burong mangga

  • As an incendiary concoction it was hugely effective, provoking the now customary GU forum exchanges.

    Global Underground 023: Barcelona

  • The concoction is detailed in Chinese medical sources, including the Bencao Gangmu of the 16th century.

    Mellified man

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.