Decoction

Noun

 * 1) an extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down
 * 2) * 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man In Deptford
 * Poley offered a hot decoction of blackberries, saying: Peace?
 * 1) * 1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies
 * Witches and devils no longer threaten you and me. We don’t mind living next door to the harmless lady with her herb garden and decoction still, her black cat and red hair.

Related terms

 * decoct

Thesaurus
boil, boiling, brew, chemical solution, coction, combination, composition, concentrate, concentration, concoction, confection, decoctum, distillate, distillation, ebullience, ebulliency, ebulliometer, ebullition, elixir, essence, expression, extract, extraction, imbuement, impregnation, infiltration, infusion, instillation, instillment, interpenetration, leach, leachate, lixivium, marination, mixture, penetration, permeation, pervasion, pressing, purification, quintessence, refinement, rendering, rendition, saturation, seething, simmer, simmering, soaking, solution, spirit, squeezing, steeping, stewing, suffusion

Etymology
From décoction or  decoctio (decoct-, past participle stem of decoquere ‘boil down’, from de + coquere ‘cook’).

Translations

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