concoction

[ UK /kənkˈɒkʃən/ ]
[ US /kənˈkɑkʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
    he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
    he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
  2. the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
  3. the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
    she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories
    his testimony was a concoction
  4. an occurrence of an unusual mixture
    it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction
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How To Use concoction In A Sentence

  • Gwenhidwy likes to drink a lot, grain alcohol mostly, mixed in great strange mad-scientist concoctions with beef tea, grenadine, cough syrup, bitter belch-gathering infusions of blue scullcap, valerian root, motherwort and lady's-slipper, whatever's to hand really. Gravity's Rainbow
  • The parcel was in fact a huge piece of puff pasty filled with a rather creamy concoction of mushrooms and chestnuts.
  • The folks behind nearby cow juice-friendly club night Milk debut their new monthly venture Laid this Wednesday and, in keeping with the bar's theme and their own dairy fetish, White Russians are on special offer, along with various other made-to-order milky concoctions. Clubs picks of the week
  • One night, after sampling a strange concoction made from the rose petals collected from Croxleys Wood, Geoff encounters the beautiful Rosemary.
  • Three parts" means three-quarters of a pint, and "skilly" is a fluid concoction of three quarts of oatmeal stirred into three buckets and a half of hot water. The People of the Abyss
  • The native medicaster, having placed the green leaves on the patient's temples, would be brewing a concoction of emollient simples. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia
  • This outfit is one of her more hideous concoctions in the way of outfits: white wedge sandals, a mini skirt made from Dalmatian-patterned suede, and a black and white checked t-shirt with a plunging neckline.
  • The sourish fruit concoction is usually eaten with rice and makes an appetising salad.
  • The delicious whipped cream concoction is all Lisa's - I can't take credit for that. Uncle Richard's sweet potato pie | Homesick Texan
  • The bracelet was chunky, a silver concoction of thick ropes linked together.
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