briquette

noun

bri·​quette bri-ˈket How to pronounce briquette (audio)
variants or briquet
: a compacted often brick-shaped mass of usually fine material
a charcoal briquette
briquette transitive verb

Examples of briquette in a Sentence

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Eight, allergic to dust, asthmatic, stigmatic with mystery rashes, balanced tiptoe on a stack of peat briquettes wound in butcher’s twine, fingers smutty from Suttons Premium Polish Coal. Dean Browne, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2021 With the Rockefeller grant, Cup of Uji has installed clean energy solutions, such as briquettes at Athi River Primary School. Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Since the peak immigration years of the 1970s, when the majority of Koreans were still heating their homes with coal briquettes, the country has become the 14th-largest economy in the world and a global cultural force. Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 Stage 1 fire restrictions are active in the Coconino National Forest, which prohibits fires fueled by combustible materials like wood, charcoal, briquettes, and coal outside of a developed site. Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for briquette 

Word History

Etymology

French briquette, diminutive of brique brick

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of briquette was in 1883

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“Briquette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/briquette. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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briquette

noun
bri·​quette
variants or briquet
: a compact mass of powdery or ground-up material pressed together and molded
charcoal briquettes

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