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BRIQUETTE

Dictionary entry overview: What does briquette mean?

• BRIQUETTE (noun)
The noun BRIQUETTE has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: BRIQUETTE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BRIQUETTE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

briquet; briquette

Hypernyms ("briquette" is a kind of...):

block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))

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