- concoction
- concoct ► VERB 1) make (a dish or meal) by combining ingredients. 2) invent or devise (a story or plan).DERIVATIVES concocter noun concoction noun.ORIGIN Latin concoquere 'cook together' .
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concoction — ● concoction nom féminin (bas latin concoctio, onis, du latin classique concoquare, faire cuire ensemble) Littéraire. Produit, écrit, etc., élaboré avec soin. ⇒CONCOCTION, subst. fém. A. Vx. Cuisson des aliments (cf. coction A). La concoction des … Encyclopédie Universelle
concoction — CONCOCTION, s. f. terme didactique, se dit De la digestion des alimens. Tel remède facilite la concoction. On dit ordinairement Coction … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
concoction — Concoction, Faire concoction, Digerer, Concoquere, Coctionem, siue Concoctionem facere, Cibum perficere, vel peragere … Thresor de la langue françoyse
concoction — Concoction. Se dit de la premiere digestion des viandes, des aliments. Tel remede facilite la concoction … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Concoction — Con*coc tion, n. [L. concoctio.] 1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
concoction — index arrangement (plan), composition (makeup), creation, fiction, figment, formation, invention … Law dictionary
concoction — 1530s, digestion, from L. concoctionem (nom. concoctio) digestion, noun of action from pp. stem of concoquere (see CONCOCT (Cf. concoct)). Meaning preparation of a medicinal potion is from 1851; sense of a made up story is from 1823 … Etymology dictionary
concoction — [n] creation, blend brew, combination, compound, contrivance, intention, medley, mixture, plan, preparation, project, solution; concepts 260,432,660 … New thesaurus
concoction — noun 1. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients he volunteered to taste her latest concoction he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade • Syn: ↑mixture, ↑intermixture • Derivationally related forms: ↑mix ( … Useful english dictionary
concoction — noun 1) a concoction containing gin and vodka Syn: mixture, brew, preparation, potion 2) a strange concoction of folk pop and Gregorian chant Syn: blend, mixture, mix, combination, hybrid 3) … Thesaurus of popular words
concoction — UK [kənˈkɒkʃ(ə)n] / US [kənˈkɑkʃən] noun [countable] Word forms concoction : singular concoction plural concoctions 1) a) an unusual drink or meal that is made by mixing things in a new way b) something that is made or produced by putting several … English dictionary
