decoction
Meanings
noun
- An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.
- The process of boiling something down in this way.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Old French decoccion, decoction, from Latin decoctiō, from decoquō (“to boil down”), from de- + coquō (“to cook”).
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