noun
- a small block of compressed coal dust or charcoal used for fuel, especially in barbecuing.
- a molded block of any material.
verb (used with object), bri·quett·ed, bri·quett·ing.
- to mold into briquettes.
noun
- a small brick made of compressed coal dust, sawdust, charcoal, etc, used for fuel
- a small brick of any substancean ice-cream briquette
verb
- (tr) to make into the form of a brick or bricksto briquette clay
1884, originally blocks of compressed coal dust held together by pitch, from French briquette (18c.), diminutive of brique (see brick (n.)).