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ELIXIR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance believed to cure all ills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("elixir" is a kind of...):

catholicon; cure-all; nostrum; panacea (hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists)

potion (a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elixir"):

elixir of life (a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely; once sought by alchemists)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

Synonyms:

elixir; philosopher's stone; philosophers' stone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("elixir" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("elixir" is a kind of...):

liquid (fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume)

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