Concoction

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Digestion.
  • noun. The process by which morbid matter was formerly supposed to be separated from the blood or humors, or otherwise changed and prepared to be thrown off; maturation.
  • noun. A ripening or maturing; maturity.
  • noun. The act of preparing and combining the materials of anything; hence, the devising or planning of anything; the act of contriving or getting up: as, the concoction of a medical prescription, or of a scheme or plot.
  • noun. That which is concocted; specifically, a mixture or compound of various ingredients: as, a concoction of whisky, milk, and sugar.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
  • noun. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
  • noun. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
  • noun. Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition.
  • noun. The act of perfecting or maturing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Digestion (of food etc.).
  • noun. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
  • noun. A mixture prepared in such a way.
  • noun. Something made-up, an invention.
  • noun. The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
  • noun. Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
  • noun. The act of perfecting or maturing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
  • noun. an occurrence of an unusual mixture
  • noun. the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
  • noun. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
  • Word Usage
    "Actually, this concoction is an example of a colloidal suspension - a mixture of tiny, but not molecule-sized bits of one substance suspended (floating) in another."