concoction

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noun

1. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
- he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
- he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
• Syn:
mixture, intermixture
• Derivationally related forms:
mix (for: mixture), concoct
• Hypernyms:
foodstuff, food product
• Hyponyms:
mincemeat, stuffing, dressing, roux, batter,
dough, mix, premix, filling
2. an occurrence of an unusual mixture
- it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction
• Derivationally related forms:
concoct
• Hypernyms:
mix, mixture
3. 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
• Derivationally related forms:
concoct
• Hypernyms:
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
4. the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
• Syn:
confection
• Derivationally related forms:
concoct, confect (for: confection), confection (for: confection)
• Hypernyms:
creating from raw materials

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  confection, mixture, intermixture