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Meanings of briquette in English

A block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel.

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Examples for "briquet"
Examples for "briquet"
1
Ford's contribution to backyard barbecuing was the invention of the charcoal briquet.
The Perdue Chicken Cookbook
2
She knew, and it had burned like a charcoal briquet right beneath her sternum.
See Jane Score
3
Her attention was suddenly arrested by a face above the small steady flame of a briquet.
The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time
4
The small dragon sniffed at the coal and pushed one briquet tentatively around with her nose.
The adventures of button
5
Out of the corner of his eye he caught the flash of a man's "briquet" lighting a cigarette.
Saint's Progress
Usage of briquette in English
1
An Oriental pipe and a French briquette to light it with
"I was there" with the Yanks on the western front, 1917-1919
2
His answer settled next to her heart like a hot briquette.
It Must Be Love
3
So this briquette was made by the press which is in that picture.
The new yorker
4
The briquette-making initiative is also ongoing in neighboring Tharaka Nithi and Embu counties.
Reuters
5
A shock headed student came to the table with a briquette.
The Forbidden Trail
6
Such a briquette should be broken and approximately one gram used.
Steam, Its Generation and Use
7
There, Thornton recovered a sizzling, charcoal briquette-sized bit of scorched metal.
Wired
8
And it's about as small as it could be and still form a briquette.
The new yorker
9
All I needed now was the briquette, my visiting card.
The Clown
10
Pensioners freeze while they consider whether they can afford to put on another peat briquette.
The Irish Times
11
There can be few 20th century industrial projects more distinctively Irish than the peat briquette.
The Irish Times
12
It is also engaged in briquette manufacturing.
Reuters
13
The briquette-puffer's predicament was understood by near-neighbours.
The Irish Times
14
As the saying goes, Looking for an asteroid is like looking for a charcoal briquette in the dark.
Wired
15
The briquette-making and testing room is fitted with a mixing table, moist closet, briquette-storage tanks, and testing machines.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LX...
16
Stick another briquette on the fire.
The Irish Times
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