concoction

Noun

• the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components

• the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
  • his testimony was a concoction
    
  • she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories
    

• an occurrence of an unusual mixture
  • it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction
    

• any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
  • he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
    
  • he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  confection , mixture , intermixture