briquette

noun

bri·​quette bri-ˈket 

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Their method, which was first unveiled to considerable fanfare at COP24, can generate briquettes of fuel using any type of feedstock, from sugarcane leaves to elephant grass. —Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024

Kingsford Charcoal Briquettes: on sale for $17.88 Original price: $19.98 Fuel your end-of-summer and tailgating grilling with this two-pack of charcoal briquettes. —Nora Colomer, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2024

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

Word History

Etymology

French briquette, diminutive of brique brick

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for briquette

• abet
• asset
• baguette
• banquette
• barbette
• beget
• beset
• brevet
• brunet
• brunette
• burette
• cadet

Kids Definition

briquette

noun

bri·​quette

variants or briquet

brik-ˈet 

: a compact mass of powdery or ground-up material pressed together and molded

charcoal briquettes