Decoction (noun)
dee-kok-shun
A concentrated liquor resulting from heating or boiling a substance.
Late Middle English: from late Latin decoctio(n-), from decoquere ‘boil down’ (see decoct).
Example sentences
“What marvelous decoction is today’s soup of the day?”
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