concoction Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
    mixture; intermixture.
    • he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
    • he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
  2. noun an occurrence of an unusual mixture
    • it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction
  3. noun 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. noun the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
    confection.

WordNet

Con*coc"tion noun
Etymology
L. concoctio.
Definitions
  1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. Obs.
  2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
  3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne.
  4. (Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. Obs.
  5. The act of perfecting or maturing. Obs. Bacon.

Webster 1913