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English noun: elixir | |||
| 1. | elixir (substance) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | liquid | ||
| 2. | elixir (substance) hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold | ||
| Synonyms | philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | substance | ||
| 3. | elixir (food) a substance believed to cure all ills | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea, potion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | elixir of life | ||
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