Definition of briquette
: a compacted often brick-shaped mass of usually fine material
- a charcoal briquette
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Stuffed inside is a blend of 100 percent recycled soy wax and paper pulp briquettes that will burn hot for up to five hours.
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Lava rock or ceramic briquettes: Look for ones that are crumbling or have a lot of debris or grease on them; replace if necessary.
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In Scotland, the barley would be dried over burning briquettes of peat, organic plant matter compressed in the ground for thousands of years.
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Just beyond the buffet is where the real attraction lies, a gleaming stainless steel rotisserie, the base lined with glowing coals, flames crackling around greying briquettes.
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JUST A FEW decades ago, a backyard bonfire was considered fairly entertaining, especially the fun of transforming marshmallows into what amounted to cane-sugar briquettes.
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Although the charcoal briquette tips are a great help, there's a shortage of instruction on controlling the vents for that low heat level.
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Shoes, batteries, carpet scraps, briquettes, baby strollers – even a whole toilet – have been tossed into the recycling stream.
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One afternoon, the faint smell of charcoal briquettes wafted over the crowd, sunburned men and women planted in camp chairs and trying to keep snuffling dogs not used to leashes to heel.
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Origin and Etymology of briquette
French briquette, diminutive of brique brick
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