Thesaurus: concoction
A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
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- n. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
- n. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
- n. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
- n. Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition.
- n. The act of perfecting or maturing.
- n. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
- n. an occurrence of an unusual mixture
- n. the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
- n. the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
- 1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.] 2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared. 3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne. 4. (Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.] 5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] Bacon.
- Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to anormal condition. [Obs.]
- n:100 n. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients n. an occurrence of an unusual mixture n. the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose