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The act of creating something by compounding or mixing raw materials
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concoction
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Wikipedia
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ConCoction is a full-spectrum multi-genre fantasy and science fiction convention based in Cleveland, Ohio , and is annually in March. It is a not-for-profit endeavor run by the local and regional community of fans to promote Community Service , Education ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) digestion (of food etc.). 2 The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients. 3 A mixture prepared in such a way. 4 Something made-up, an invention. 5 (context obsolete figurative English) The ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Concoction \Con*coc"tion\, n. [L. concoctio.] A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.] The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared. The act of digesting in ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 ] an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Jell-O shots are a bizarre concoction of sweet gelatin and vodka. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A ravishing dessert tray is proffered after every meal, and selections range from fruit-inspired sweets to insulin-overdrive chocolate ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, "digestion," from Latin concoctionem (nominative concoctio ) "digestion," noun of action from past participle stem of concoquere (see concoct ). Meaning "preparation of a medicinal potion" is from 1851; sense of "a made-up story" is from 1823.
Usage examples of concoction.
Tahvo continued to sleep, untroubled by the comings and goings of villagers bringing food, or the solemn healers with their chants and herbal concoctions.
Quite possibly the fumes of his strange concoction, together with an overdose of aspirin invigorated by the reaction of much raw liquor, were sufficient to create a fluoroscopic man instead of a fluoroscopic film.
So, instead of prescribing careful concoctions of mercury and antimony, we rebalanced humors like the most hidebound of Galenists, and consulted the stars with a fervor worthy of Paracelsus himself.
Tiberius Gemellus was a delicate boy who had suffered for some time from an infection of the lungs, which resulted in a cough that the physicians were unable to overcome and for the relief of which he took a concoction having a strong medicinal odor.
Following instructions from Goldenseal, Trieka had for the last two days been washing her hair with a concoction of herbs.
It was an unsavory and fetid concoction of warmed headcheese, sprinkles of curdled milk, and fish scales, garnished on top with a dead cockroach.
Brother Joseph vomited a vile concoction of religion and white male supremacy that would have made a Klansman blush.
Mavis was busy at the juice bar whipping up wheat grass smoothies and various concoctions we had dreamed up.
Utopia, she learns that the comatose Kapera is under study along with a strange concoction in a thermos called Hyper-K.
I dropped the half-credit coin on the bartop, and waited while he refilled my drink, Merenzane Gold is a sweet, subtle concoction, with many thousands of years of brewing tradition behind it.
Adams was eating his evening meal, a Chinese concoction of beansprouts and bamboo shoots and little red bones heaped on a soup plate and balanced on his knees.
Druzil was coated in drow sleep poison, which was among the most potent concoctions in all the world.
The grasshoppers will go after the sweet concoction, and the birds, especially currawongs, will go after the grasshoppers.
In the kitchen, Michaela and Arch were having miniature sugared doughnuts and tiny cans of a chemical concoction that claimed to be better than chocolate milk.
Our current problem seems to be whether or not the definition of science should include such manifestations as herb concoctions, venerated emblems, sand-painting, legend-telling, ceremonial chants and so on.