potion
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers: a love potion; a sleeping potion.
Origin of potion
1Other words for potion
Words that may be confused with potion
- portion, potion
Words Nearby potion
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How to use potion in a sentence
The rooms come equipped with 4-poster wooden beds, potion bottles, cauldrons, and Hogwartsian accents—perfect for us mere muggles.
Stay in the Magical ‘Harry Potter’ Hotel: London’s Georgian House Offers ‘Wizard’s Chambers’ | Marlow Stern | October 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are then blended with chicken broth and that potion is thickened with cream.
A California Tavern With an Artichoke Obsession | Jane & Michael Stern | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOrange Is the New Black returns to Netflix with a wildly addictive potion of darkness, estrogen, and one-liners.
‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season Two Is More Bingeworthy Than the First | Kevin Fallon | May 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAccording to the exhibition, a second person tried the same potion and died.
This Exhibit Could Kill You: The Museum of Natural History Takes on Poison | William O’Connor | January 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBesides, you might find just that right potion to spice up the weekend.
This Exhibit Could Kill You: The Museum of Natural History Takes on Poison | William O’Connor | January 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
And it is not a bitter potion, such as Alfred ordered; no, it is balmy with the scent of wild flowers.
Child Life In Town And Country | Anatole FranceIn the agitated form of melancholia, the patient is often quiet only when under the influence of a sleeping-potion.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThat look had been a theft from Sylvia, not a gift; but she had given him the potion at last.
The Opened Shutters | Clara Louise BurnhamNessus, before expiring, instructed Dejanira how to prepare a love potion for Hercules.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantAt length the young lady of Balnagowan tasted her sister-in-law's infernal potion, whereby she contracted an incurable disease.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James Grant
British Dictionary definitions for potion
/ (ˈpəʊʃən) /
a drink, esp of medicine, poison, or some supposedly magic beverage
a rare word for beverage
Origin of potion
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