concoction
noun
con·coc·tion
kən-ˈkäk-shən 
kän-
plural concoctions
1
: something (such as a food or drink) that is concocted from various elements : something prepared or devised by combining different ingredients
an elaborate concoction
This concoction is a cross between hot chocolate and a grasshopper, a mixed drink that gets its minty kick from crème de menthe.—
Kim Steckler
Kim Steckler… the disc offers quite an unusual concoction of old and new songs that are surprisingly cohesive.—Jon Hetman
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: the act of process of concocting something
One of these young men had a rare faculty in the concoction of gin-cocktails.—Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Examples of concoction in a Sentence
the first submarine must have seemed like a wild concoction at the time
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Her concoction caught the curious eyes of onlookers, according to her TikTok video.
—Antonia Debianchi, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
The combination resulted in a savory, salty, creamy dish that toed the line between cheap bar food and a luxury concoction.
—Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2024
As someone who puts everything bagel seasoning with hot sauce on my eggs and avocado toast for breakfast every morning, this Frankenstein concoction is a (fever) dream.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2024
The final step is for a third team to haul the cargo onto the deck of their ship—the sorting vessel—to sort, label and package the lethal concoctions in steel tubes, and then transport them to an interim site in the Baltic Sea.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
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Antonia Debianchi, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
The combination resulted in a savory, salty, creamy dish that toed the line between cheap bar food and a luxury concoction.
—Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2024
As someone who puts everything bagel seasoning with hot sauce on my eggs and avocado toast for breakfast every morning, this Frankenstein concoction is a (fever) dream.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2024
The final step is for a third team to haul the cargo onto the deck of their ship—the sorting vessel—to sort, label and package the lethal concoctions in steel tubes, and then transport them to an interim site in the Baltic Sea.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Concoction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concoction. Accessed 18 Oct. 2024.
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