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1. Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
   "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"
   - mixture, intermixture
    
2. An occurrence of an unusual mixture
   "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
    
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"
    
4. The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
   - confection

Derived forms: concoctions

See also: concoct

Type of: conception, creating from raw materials, design, excogitation, food product, foodstuff, innovation, invention, mix, mixture

Encyclopedia: Concoction