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briquette

[ bri-ket ]

noun

  1. a small block of compressed coal dust or charcoal used for fuel, especially in barbecuing.
  2. a molded block of any material.


verb (used with object)

, bri·quett·ed, bri·quett·ing.
  1. to mold into briquettes.

briquette

/ brɪˈkɛt /

noun

  1. a small brick made of compressed coal dust, sawdust, charcoal, etc, used for fuel
  2. a small brick of any substance

    an ice-cream briquette

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to make into the form of a brick or bricks

    to briquette clay

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of briquette1

From French, dating back to 1880–85; brick, -ette
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Word History and Origins

Origin of briquette1

C19: from French: a little brick, from brique brick
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Example Sentences

However, charcoal grills can be more dangerous, and they also require lugging a supply of briquettes.

They also introduced refined coal briquettes to the market, subsidizing them so the briquettes would be close to the price of raw coal.

From Ozy

In Kenya, she finds an organization that makes briquettes from poop — in stoves, these burn cleaner and last longer than charcoal.

The circulation scheme uses only about 60 percent of the charcoal required by similar-sized grills, and it’ll stay around 500 degrees for 45 minutes without any briquettes or vents to fiddle with.

Except these briquettes are not made of charcoal and are far bigger.

The briquette-making and testing room is fitted with a mixing table, moist closet, briquette-storage tanks, and testing machines.

The room for noting time of set and soundness is fitted with a mixing table similar to that in the briquette-making room.

Briquette, bri-ket′, n. a brick-shaped block of coal formed from coal-dust.

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