concoction

Meanings

Plural: concoctions

Noun

• any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
  • "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"
• 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"
• the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
• The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
• A mixture prepared in such a way.
• Something made up, an invention.
• Digestion (of food etc.).
• The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
• Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
• The act of perfecting or maturing.

Synonyms

confection, intermixture, mixture