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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive verb. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.
3. transitive verb. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.
4. verb. steep in hot water
5. verb. be cooked until very little liquid is left

   "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

   Synonyms: concentrate, reduce

6. verb. extract the essence of something by boiling it

Synonyms

concentrate, reduce

Common word forms

decocts, decocted, decocting

Words from these letters

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