concoction
Other forms: concoctions
A concoction is a curious mixture of things, like a bunch of liquids stirred in a cup, or the elaborate and unbelievable story you make up to explain not finishing your homework.
Mix eight different liquids in a glass and you've got a concoction. Scientists create concoctions of chemicals in test tubes, and a bicycle made of junkyard scraps is a concoction too. The word’s Latin root means “cooked together,” referring to when you heat metals in order to purify them. A concoction is also a tall tale told to get out of trouble or entertain someone. If your story has ostriches, trampolines, lasers, and Abraham Lincoln, it’s probably a concoction.
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the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
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synonyms:
confection
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type of:
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creating from raw materials
the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it
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creating from raw materials
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an occurrence of an unusual mixture
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any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients“he volunteered to taste her latest concoction”
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synonyms:
intermixture, mixture
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types:
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mincemeat
spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat
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dressing, stuffing
a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
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roux
a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces
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batter
a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
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dough
a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
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mix, premix
a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
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filling
a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
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ready-mix
a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish
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self-raising flour, self-rising flour
a commercially prepared mixture of flour and salt and a leavening agent
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pastry, pastry dough
a dough of flour and water and shortening
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pate a choux, pouf paste, puff batter
batter for making light hollow cases to hold various fillings
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turkey stuffing
stuffing for turkey
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oyster dressing, oyster stuffing
stuffing made with oysters
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farce, forcemeat
mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
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bread dough
any of various doughs for bread
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pancake batter
batter for making pancakes
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fritter batter
batter for making fritters
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lekvar
a sweet filling made of prunes or apricots
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type of:
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food product, foodstuff
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
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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”
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type of:
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conception, design, excogitation, innovation, invention
the creation of something in the mind
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conception, design, excogitation, innovation, invention
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Vocabulary lists containing concoction
When eleven-year-old Tokunbo Marshall moves with her mother into a Harlem brownstone, she must adjust to an extended family that includes three new sisters who see everything in life as a possible project in their self-designed education.
Lotus Bloom, a seventh-grade girl who loves the vintage style of the 1970s, learns to speak up and fight for the freedom of expression after facing a dress code violation at school.
After Earth is destroyed by a comet, twelve-year-old Petra Peña wakes up on a new planet and discovers she is the only one who remembers Earth. She must use her stories and her wits to save humanity's legacy.
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