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concoction

[ kon-kok-shuhn, kuhn- ]

noun

  1. the act or process of concocting.
  2. something concocted:

    a delicious concoction of beans, rice, and meat.

    Synonyms: blend, medley, mixture



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Word History and Origins

Origin of concoction1

1525–35; < Latin concoctiōn- (stem of concoctiō ) digestion, equivalent to concoct ( us ) ( concoct ) + -iōn- -ion

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Example Sentences

The head banquet man at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York City started serving the concoction as a menu staple in 1938.

I pointed out that his concoction was missing a few ingredients.

He tops the concoction with a shot of bourbon and delicately spoons in a couple ice cubes.

In Mexico the cow stomach concoction is called menudo and is made with garlic and onion.

Park did his best to rescue the diabolical concoction from absurdity.

Then he will vent upon you a torrent of abuse, ending in some jumble of socialistic ideas of his own concoction.

He spent a whole day wrestling with the concoction, and gave himself a headache with the ghastly odor.

One of the features of Michaelmas in Scotland was the concoction and cooking of a giant cake, bun, or bannock.

It is a wicked concoction to give to any human being in good health.

A man, he said, is known by his ink; so we went into many shops and asked for that concoction, always in the English tongue.

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