briquette
noun
- Compressed block of biomass used for fueling a fire
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bɹɪˈkɛt/
noun
Etymology: From French briquette, from brique (“brick”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).
- A small brick, typically made of charcoal and used for fuel.
“[…] 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 […]”
- A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving.
- A molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.
verb
Etymology: From French briquette, from brique (“brick”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).
- To form (coal, etc.) into small bricks.