"briquette" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɹɪˈkɛt/ [US] Forms: briquettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From French briquette, from brique (“brick”) + -ette (“forming diminutives”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|briquette}} French briquette, {{m|fr|brique||brick}} brique (“brick”), {{m|fr|-ette||forming diminutives}} -ette (“forming diminutives”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} briquette (plural briquettes)
  1. A small brick, typically made of charcoal and used for fuel. Translations (small brick): briket [common-gender] (Danish), briket (Dutch), briketti (Finnish), briquette [feminine] (French), Brikett [neuter] (German), brikett (Hungarian), brykiet [masculine] (Polish), briquete [masculine] (Portuguese), брике́т (brikét) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-briquette-en-noun-VxQt3T-9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 4 31 4 Disambiguation of 'small brick': 85 15 0
  2. A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving.
    Sense id: en-briquette-en-noun-sVZM9Myb
  3. A molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.
    Sense id: en-briquette-en-noun-uiJxgtSD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: briquet

Verb

IPA: /bɹɪˈkɛt/ [US] Forms: briquettes [present, singular, third-person], briquetting [participle, present], briquetted [participle, past], briquetted [past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From French briquette, from brique (“brick”) + -ette (“forming diminutives”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|briquette}} French briquette, {{m|fr|brique||brick}} brique (“brick”), {{m|fr|-ette||forming diminutives}} -ette (“forming diminutives”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} briquette (third-person singular simple present briquettes, present participle briquetting, simple past and past participle briquetted)
  1. (transitive) To form (coal, etc.) into small bricks. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-briquette-en-verb-igNAYRQN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: briquet

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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