briquette

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /bɹɪˈkɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Hyphenation: bri‧quette

Noun

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briquette (plural briquettes)

  1. A small brick, typically made of charcoal and used for fuel.
    • 1913, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 6358, page 2724:
      [] 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.

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Verb

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briquette (third-person singular simple present briquettes, present participle briquetting, simple past and past participle briquetted)

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

French

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Etymology

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From brique (brick) +‎ -ette (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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briquette f (plural briquettes)

  1. a small brick

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