decoct

Meaning of decoct

verb
  1. extract the essence from (something) by heating or boiling it.
    young red oaken leaves decocted in wine make an excellent gargle for a sore mouth

late Middle English (in the sense ‘cook, heat up’): from Latin decoct- ‘boiled down’, from the verb decoquere, from de- ‘down’ + coquere ‘cook’.

Information about decoct

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of decoct is: decocts.
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Hyphenation of decoct

de-coct

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • decoct is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

decoct synonyms

Meaning boil down:

reduce, concentrate

Words that rhyme with decoct

coct, recoct, concoct, inconcoct, reconcoct, percoct, excoct

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