Thesaurus / concoction
FEEDBACKHow to use concoction in a sentence
Another 1,000 tons of the same concoction envelops the core of detector, and 2,300 tons of water surround the whole apparatus, shielding it from gamma rays and neutrons spit out by the rocks of the Gran Sasso mountain.
WE STILL DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT’S INSIDE THE SUN—BUT THAT COULD CHANGE VERY SOONCHARLIE WOODNOVEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEHis drink of choice is King Kong, a concoction home-distilled by his friend, “Hot Sausage.”
BEST AUDIOBOOKS OF 2020KATHERINE A. POWERSNOVEMBER 19, 2020WASHINGTON POSTAn opening at the top allows you to add chocolate chips, fruit, or nuts to mix into your concoction, and you can treat yourself to a dish of butter pecan or mint-chocolate chip ice cream in as little as a half hour.
THESE PIECES OF KITCHEN GEAR MAKE EXCELLENT GIFTSPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMOCTOBER 6, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe concoction included two of the four RNA building blocks — the nucleotides that link together to form RNA chains.
LIFE ON EARTH MAY HAVE BEGUN IN HOSTILE HOT SPRINGSJACK J. LEESEPTEMBER 24, 2020SCIENCE NEWSBartenders around the world are incorporating the mineral in various forms to enhance more delicate flavors in their concoctions.
WHY YOU SHOULD BE ADDING SALT TO YOUR COCKTAILSBY CÉLINE BOSSART/SAVEURSEPTEMBER 4, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThen he will vent upon you a torrent of abuse, ending in some jumble of socialistic ideas of his own concoction.
THE REAL LATIN QUARTERF. BERKELEY SMITHHe spent a whole day wrestling with the concoction, and gave himself a headache with the ghastly odor.
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIROne of the features of Michaelmas in Scotland was the concoction and cooking of a giant cake, bun, or bannock.
ARCHAIC ENGLANDHAROLD BAYLEYIt is a wicked concoction to give to any human being in good health.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOL. 3 (OF 4)W. GRANT HAGUEA man, he said, is known by his ink; so we went into many shops and asked for that concoction, always in the English tongue.
THREE IN NORWAYJAMES ARTHUR LEESWORDS RELATED TO CONCOCTION
- anecdote
- best seller
- book
- cliff-hanger
- clothesline
- concoction
- crock
- drama
- fable
- fabrication
- falsehood
- fancy
- fantasy
- fib
- figment of imagination
- fish story
- hooey
- imagination
- improvisation
- invention
- legend
- lie
- misrepresentation
- myth
- narrative
- novel
- potboiler
- prevarication
- romance
- smoke
- storytelling
- tale
- tall story
- terminological inexactitude
- untruth
- whopper
- work of imagination
- yarn
- admixture
- adulteration
- alloy
- amalgam
- amalgamation
- assimilation
- association
- batter
- blend
- brew
- combine
- combo
- commixture
- composite
- compound
- concoction
- confection
- conglomeration
- cross
- crossing
- dough
- fusion
- goulash
- grab bag
- hodgepodge
- hybrid
- hybridization
- incorporation
- infiltration
- interfusion
- jumble
- mash
- medley
- merger
- mingling
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- mosaic
- mélange
- package
- patchwork
- potpourri
- salmagundi
- saturation
- soup
- stew
- transfusion
- union
- variety
- admixture
- adulteration
- alloy
- amalgam
- amalgamation
- assimilation
- association
- batter
- blend
- brew
- combine
- combo
- commixture
- composite
- compound
- concoction
- confection
- conglomeration
- cross
- crossing
- dough
- fusion
- goulash
- grab bag
- hodgepodge
- hybrid
- hybridization
- incorporation
- infiltration
- interfusion
- jumble
- mash
- medley
- merger
- mingling
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mix
- mixed bag
- mosaic
- mélange
- package
- patchwork
- potpourri
- salmagundi
- saturation
- soup
- stew
- transfusion
- union
- variety
- admixtures
- adulterations
- alloys
- amalgam
- amalgamations
- assimilations
- associations
- batters
- blends
- brews
- combines
- combos
- commixtures
- composites
- compounds
- concoctions
- confections
- conglomerations
- crosses
- crossings
- doughs
- fusions
- goulash
- grab bags
- hodgepodges
- hybridizations
- hybrids
- incorporations
- infiltrations
- interfusions
- jumbles
- mash
- medleys
- mergers
- minglings
- miscellanies
- mishmashes
- mixed bags
- mosaics
- mélanges
- packages
- patchworks
- potpourri
- salmagundis
- saturations
- soups
- stews
- transfusions
- unions
- varieties
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.