concoction

英[kən'kɒkʃn] 美[kən'kɑkʃən]

1. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients;

"he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"

"he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

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