English Explanatory Dictionary

concoction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
  2. A mixture prepared in such a way.
  3. Something made up, an invention.
  4. Digestion (of food etc.).
  5. The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
  6. An abatement of a morbid process, such as a fever, and a return to a normal condition.
  7. The act of perfecting or maturing.

Pronunciation

/kənˈkɒkʃən/ /kəŋ-/ /kənˈkɑkʃən/ en-au-concoction.ogg

Word forms

concoction concoctions

Etymology

From Latin concoctiō.

Derived words

inconcoction reconcoction
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