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BRIQUETTE
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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
Sense 1
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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