decoction

Meaning

  1. An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.
  2. The process of boiling something down in this way.

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈkɒkʃən/
Etymology

From Old French decoccion, decoction, from Latin decoctiō, from decoquō (“I boil down”), from de- + coquō (“I cook”).

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