concoction

[ kon-kok-shuhn, kuhn- ]
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noun
  1. the act or process of concocting.

  2. something concocted: a delicious concoction of beans, rice, and meat.

Origin of concoction

1
1525–35; <Latin concoctiōn- (stem of concoctiō) digestion, equivalent to concoct(us) (see concoct) + -iōn--ion

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concoction

/ (kənˈkɒkʃən) /


noun
  1. the act or process of concocting

  2. something concocted

  1. an untruth; lie

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