Noun: concoction kón'kók-shun
- The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
"The chef's concoction of unusual ingredients resulted in a delicious soup";
- confection
- Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
"he volunteered to taste her latest concoction";
- mixture, intermixture
- An occurrence of an unusual mixture
"it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
- The invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
"his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"
Derived forms: concoctions
Type of: conception, creating from raw materials, design, excogitation, fiction, food product, foodstuff, innovation, invention, mix, mixture
Encyclopedia: Concoction