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bri·quette
also bri·quet (brĭ-kĕt′)n.
A block of compressed coal dust, charcoal, or sawdust and wood chips, used for fuel and kindling.
[French, diminutive of brique, brick, from Middle Dutch bricke.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
briquette
(brɪˈkɛt) orbriquet
n
1. (Building) a small brick made of compressed coal dust, sawdust, charcoal, etc, used for fuel
2. a small brick of any substance: an ice-cream briquette.
vb
(Building) (tr) to make into the form of a brick or bricks: to briquette clay.
[C19: from French: a little brick, from brique brick]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
bri•quette
or bri•quet
(brɪˈkɛt)n.
1. a small block of compressed coal dust or charcoal used for fuel, esp. in barbecuing.
2. a molded block of any material.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
briquette
Past participle: briquetted
Gerund: briquetting
| Imperative |
|---|
| briquette |
| briquette |
| Present |
|---|
| I briquette |
| you briquette |
| he/she/it briquettes |
| we briquette |
| you briquette |
| they briquette |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I briquetted |
| you briquetted |
| he/she/it briquetted |
| we briquetted |
| you briquetted |
| they briquetted |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am briquetting |
| you are briquetting |
| he/she/it is briquetting |
| we are briquetting |
| you are briquetting |
| they are briquetting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have briquetted |
| you have briquetted |
| he/she/it has briquetted |
| we have briquetted |
| you have briquetted |
| they have briquetted |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was briquetting |
| you were briquetting |
| he/she/it was briquetting |
| we were briquetting |
| you were briquetting |
| they were briquetting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had briquetted |
| you had briquetted |
| he/she/it had briquetted |
| we had briquetted |
| you had briquetted |
| they had briquetted |
| Future |
|---|
| I will briquette |
| you will briquette |
| he/she/it will briquette |
| we will briquette |
| you will briquette |
| they will briquette |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have briquetted |
| you will have briquetted |
| he/she/it will have briquetted |
| we will have briquetted |
| you will have briquetted |
| they will have briquetted |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be briquetting |
| you will be briquetting |
| he/she/it will be briquetting |
| we will be briquetting |
| you will be briquetting |
| they will be briquetting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been briquetting |
| you have been briquetting |
| he/she/it has been briquetting |
| we have been briquetting |
| you have been briquetting |
| they have been briquetting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been briquetting |
| you will have been briquetting |
| he/she/it will have been briquetting |
| we will have been briquetting |
| you will have been briquetting |
| they will have been briquetting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been briquetting |
| you had been briquetting |
| he/she/it had been briquetting |
| we had been briquetting |
| you had been briquetting |
| they had been briquetting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would briquette |
| you would briquette |
| he/she/it would briquette |
| we would briquette |
| you would briquette |
| they would briquette |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have briquetted |
| you would have briquetted |
| he/she/it would have briquetted |
| we would have briquetted |
| you would have briquetted |
| they would have briquetted |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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Noun 1. briquette - a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
block - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"
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