concoction
the act or process of concocting.
something concocted: a delicious concoction of beans, rice, and meat.
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How to use concoction in a sentence
Another 1,000 tons of the same concoction envelops the core of detector, and 2,300 tons of water surround the whole apparatus, shielding it from gamma rays and neutrons spit out by the rocks of the Gran Sasso mountain.
We still don’t really know what’s inside the sun—but that could change very soon | Charlie Wood | November 30, 2020 | Popular-ScienceHis drink of choice is King Kong, a concoction home-distilled by his friend, “Hot Sausage.”
An opening at the top allows you to add chocolate chips, fruit, or nuts to mix into your concoction, and you can treat yourself to a dish of butter pecan or mint-chocolate chip ice cream in as little as a half hour.
These pieces of kitchen gear make excellent gifts | PopSci Commerce Team | October 6, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe concoction included two of the four RNA building blocks — the nucleotides that link together to form RNA chains.
Life on Earth may have begun in hostile hot springs | Jack J. Lee | September 24, 2020 | Science NewsBartenders around the world are incorporating the mineral in various forms to enhance more delicate flavors in their concoctions.
Why you should be adding salt to your cocktails | By Céline Bossart/Saveur | September 4, 2020 | Popular-Science
The head banquet man at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York City started serving the concoction as a menu staple in 1938.
I pointed out that his concoction was missing a few ingredients.
He tops the concoction with a shot of bourbon and delicately spoons in a couple ice cubes.
The Rise and Fall…and Rise Again of the Old-Fashioned | Allison McNearney | June 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn Mexico the cow stomach concoction is called menudo and is made with garlic and onion.
The Wildest Hangover Cures From Around the World | Nina Strochlic | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPark did his best to rescue the diabolical concoction from absurdity.
Then he will vent upon you a torrent of abuse, ending in some jumble of socialistic ideas of his own concoction.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithHe spent a whole day wrestling with the concoction, and gave himself a headache with the ghastly odor.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairOne of the features of Michaelmas in Scotland was the concoction and cooking of a giant cake, bun, or bannock.
Archaic England | Harold BayleyIt is a wicked concoction to give to any human being in good health.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) | W. Grant HagueA man, he said, is known by his ink; so we went into many shops and asked for that concoction, always in the English tongue.
Three in Norway | James Arthur Lees
British Dictionary definitions for concoction
/ (kənˈkɒkʃən) /
the act or process of concocting
something concocted
an untruth; lie
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