Just because it's a decoction doesn't mean it's safe to drink.
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Decoction
//dɪˈkɒkʃən//
Synonyms for "decoction" (57 found)
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34 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀπόζεμα noun (an extraction or essence)
- ἀπόζεσμα noun (an extraction or essence)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отвара noun (an extraction or essence)
Catalan
1 entries- decocció noun (an extraction or essence)
Dutch
1 entries- aftreksel noun (an extraction or essence)
Estonian
1 entries- leem noun (an extraction or essence)
Finnish
1 entries- keite noun (an extraction or essence)
French
1 entries- décoction noun (an extraction or essence)
Friulian
1 entries- decot noun (an extraction or essence)
German
2 entries- Abkochung noun (an extraction or essence)
- Dekokt noun (an extraction or essence)
Greek
1 entries- αφέψηση noun (an extraction or essence)
Hindi
4 entries- काढ़ा noun (an extraction or essence)
- काढा noun (an extraction or essence)
- क्वाथ noun (an extraction or essence)
- जुसाँदा noun (an extraction or essence)
Irish
1 entries- urbhruith noun (an extraction or essence)
Italian
1 entries- decotto noun (an extraction or essence)
Māori
1 entries- pūreke noun (an extraction or essence)
Nepali
1 entries- क्वाथ noun (an extraction or essence)
Old French
1 entries- decoccion noun (an extraction or essence)
Persian
2 entries- جوشاندن noun (an extraction or essence)
- جوشانده noun (an extraction or essence)
Polish
2 entries- odwar noun (an extraction or essence)
- wywar noun (an extraction or essence)
Portuguese
1 entries- decocto noun (an extraction or essence)
Russian
1 entries- отва́р noun (an extraction or essence)
Sanskrit
2 entries- कषाय noun (an extraction or essence)
- क्वाथ noun (an extraction or essence)
Slovene
1 entries- prevretek noun (an extraction or essence)
Spanish
1 entries- decocción noun (an extraction or essence)
Swedish
1 entries- avkok noun (an extraction or essence)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kaṣāy noun (an extraction or essence)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
[I]nſtead of Honey, Rob of Elder, Conſerve of Roſes, or Syrup of Violets; Glyſters, Pedilavia of emollient Decoctions with Nitre; or Elder, Vinegar, or Focus's of the ſame, applied with Sponges behind the Ears, to the Armpits, Groins, Hams, &c. or with Barley-water and a little Roſe-vinegar.
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The transition is a keen one, I assure you, from a schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin and bear it.
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Poley offered a hot decoction of blackberries, saying: Peace?
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