variants
or briquet
: a compacted often brick-shaped mass of usually fine material
a charcoal briquette
briquette
transitive verb
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That’s about as much as a gallon of milk or a bag of charcoal briquettes, according to the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.
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Jason Rossi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2025
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
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Jason Rossi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2025
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
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“Briquette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/briquette. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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briquette
noun
bri·quette
variants
or briquet
: a compact mass of powdery or ground-up material pressed together and molded
charcoal briquettes
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