- briquette
- or briquet
noun
Etymology: French briquette, diminutive of brique brick
Date: 1883
a compacted often brick-shaped mass of usually fine material <a charcoal briquette> • briquette transitive verb
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briquette
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briquette — [ brikɛt ] n. f. • 1615; de brique 1 ♦ Petite brique employée pour le revêtement. ⇒ tomette. Sol en briquettes. 2 ♦ Combustible en forme de brique. Briquette de charbon, de lignite, de poussier. ⇒ aggloméré. Briquette de tourbe. ● briquette nom… … Encyclopédie Universelle
briquette — 1884, originally blocks of compressed coal dust held together by pitch, from Fr. briquette (18c.), dim. of brique (see BRICK (Cf. brick)) … Etymology dictionary
briquette — or briquet [bri ket′] n. [Fr briquette, dim. of brique,BRICK] a small block of compressed matter; specif., one made of charcoal, compressed coal dust, sawdust, etc., used for fuel or kindling vt. briquetted, briquetting to form (ore particles,… … English World dictionary
briquette — (also briquet) ► NOUN ▪ a block of compressed coal dust or peat used as fuel. ORIGIN French, small brick … English terms dictionary
Briquette — Some charcoal briquettes Ogata … Wikipedia
briquette — (bri ké t ) s. f. Petite masse combustible faite de houille ou de tourbe. HISTORIQUE XVIe s. • Briquettes [bagatelles], OUDIN . ÉTYMOLOGIE Diminutif de brique. Le sens de bagatelle, dans Oudin, se rapporte à brique, menue chose.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
briquette — UK [brɪˈket] / US noun [countable] Word forms briquette : singular briquette plural briquettes a lump of coal dust that has been pressed together, used for example as fuel for barbecues … English dictionary
Briquette — briquet ri*quet , Briquette Bri*quette , n. [Also {briquet}.] [F., dim. of brique brick.] 1. A block of compacted charcoal, coal dust, or peat, etc., used as a fuel. Charcoal briquettes are a common fuel used for the outdoor barbecue grill.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
briquette — briketas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Supresuotas birios medžiagos ruošinys. atitikmenys: angl. briquet; briquette rus. брикет … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
briquette — n. (also briquet) a block of compressed coal dust used as fuel. Etymology: F briquette, dimin. of brique brick … Useful english dictionary
