Dictionary Entry
decoct
decoct is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.
- 2transitive verb
To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.
- 3transitive verb
To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.
- 4verb
steep in hot water
- 5verb
be cooked until very little liquid is left
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"
Synonyms
- 6verb
extract the essence of something by boiling it
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