Search results
- Dictionaryconcoct/kənˈkɒkt/
verb
- 1. make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients: "she began to concoct a dinner likely to appeal to him" Similar
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
to make something, usually food, by adding several different parts together, often in a way that is original or not planned: He concocted the most amazing dish from all sorts of leftover food. to invent an excuse, explanation, or story in order to deceive someone: He concocted a story about working late at the office.
The meaning of CONCOCT is to prepare by combining raw materials. How to use concoct in a sentence.
Concoct definition: to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cooking. See examples of CONCOCT used in a sentence.
concoct something to invent a story, an excuse, etc. or create a plan, especially for a dishonest purpose synonym cook up, make up. She concocted some elaborate story to explain her absence.
When you concoct something, you mix up different ingredients. If you want to become a mad scientist or a wizard, you'll have to learn how to concoct strange potions.
If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true. Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. [ VERB noun ]
1. to prepare or make by combining ingredients: to concoct a meal from leftovers. 2. to devise; contrive: to concoct an excuse. [1525–35; < Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere to cook down, digest] con•coc′tive, adj.
