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Briquette

//bɹɪˈkɛt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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 […]"

  2. 2
    a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel wordnet
  3. 3
    A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving.
  4. 4
    A molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.
Verb
  1. 1
    To form (coal, etc.) into small bricks. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French briquette, from brique (“brick”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).

Etymology 2

From French briquette, from brique (“brick”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).

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