concoction
    n 1: any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he
         volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a
         mixture of beer and lemonade" [syn: 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 [syn:
       confection, concoction]

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