Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Verb: decoct  di'kókt
Usage: archaic
  1. Extract the essence of something by boiling it
     
  2. (cooking) be cooked until very little liquid is left
    - boil down, reduce, concentrate
     
  3. Steep in hot water

Derived forms: decocts, decocting, decocted

Type of: boil, decrease, diminish, fall, infuse, lessen, steep

Encyclopedia: Decoct