concoctverb [ T ]
uk/kənˈkɒkt/us/kənˈkɑːkt/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.
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Preparing food
- butter
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- cube
- dice
- fold
- leaven
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- marinate
- salt
- spice
- stuffed
- sweeten
- thicken
- thin
- whip sth up
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