decoction
Example Sentences
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It takes about 10 minutes for the decoction to percolate into the glass below.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2023
He'd no doubt find a bottle of decoction or a stock of sachets very handy in these situations.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2020
At-the-ready decoction is a thrilling convenience, even for someone like me who carries her filter everywhere she goes.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2020
The Chronicle vowed "to tell the truth about breakfasts of stale bread and rancid butterine, the watery tea, the pallid chicory decoction which serves for coffee, the crowded, dingy, and ill-ventilated dormitories".
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2014
The decoction cooled rapidly in the thin air, and as soon as it was at blood heat, she poured it carefully into a metal beaker and carried it to the rear of the cave.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
