concoction
Pronunciation: /kənˈkɒkʃən/
The English word “concoction” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
- A mixture prepared in such a way.
- Something made up, an invention.
- Digestion (of food etc.).
- The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
- An abatement of a morbid process, such as a fever, and a return to a normal condition.
- The act of perfecting or maturing.
Etymology
From Latin concoctiō.
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