briquette

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/bɹɪˈkɛt/(US)

Definition of briquette

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small brick, typically made of charcoal and used for fuel.
    “[…] an eggette or briquette manufacturing contract, where, by the compression of tar with these fine particles of culm, there are made pieces of coal about the size of an egg […]”
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noun

  1. A small brick, typically made of charcoal and used for fuel.
    “[…] an eggette or briquette manufacturing contract, where, by the compression of tar with these fine particles of culm, there are made pieces of coal about the size of an egg […]”
  2. A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving.
  3. A molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.

verb

  1. (transitive)To form (coal, etc.) into small bricks.

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Etymology

From French briquette, from brique (“brick”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).

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