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Briquet

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of briquette in all its senses. alt-of, alternative

    "1911, F. H. King, Farmers of Forty Centuries Another pinch of charcoal was added and the process repeated until the mold was filled, when the briquet was forced out."

  2. 2
    a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes. dated

    "Out of the corner of his eye he caught the flash of a man's "briquet" lighting a cigarette."

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of briquette. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Etymology 1

In most senses, a variant spelling of briquette. As a lighter, a borrowing of French briquet, from Middle French briquet (“piece, morsel”), from brique (“brick, block”) + -et (suffix forming masculine diminutives).

Etymology 2

In most senses, a variant spelling of briquette. As a lighter, a borrowing of French briquet, from Middle French briquet (“piece, morsel”), from brique (“brick, block”) + -et (suffix forming masculine diminutives).

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