Definition of Briquet

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

Exact synonyms: Briquette
Generic synonyms: Block

Definition of Briquet

1. Noun. a small brick, typically made of charcoal and typically used for fuel ¹

2. Noun. (''obsolete?'') a cigarette lighter ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Briquet

1. to mold into small bricks [v -QUETTED, -QUETTING, -QUETS]

Medical Definition of Briquet

1. Paul, French physician, 1796-1881. See: Briquet's ataxia, Briquet's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Briquet

brinksmen
brinner
brinny
brinolase
brinrobertsite
brins
briny
brio
brioche
brioches
briolette
briolettes
brionies
briony
brios
briquet (current term)
briquets
briquette
briquetted
briquettes
briquetting
bris
brisance
brisances
brisant
brise
brise soleil
brise soleils
brises

Literary usage of Briquet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cement and Concrete by Louis Carlton Sabin (1907)
"The general form is pear shaped; the briquet is grasped at the points of reverse curve at the side of the briquet, giving an area between opposite gripping ..."

2. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1857)
"M. briquet believes that most writers have been indebted more to their imaginations ... The following is the classification M. briquet made of 383 cases. ..."

3. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1839)
"In no case has M. briquet ever seen a permanent cicatrix formed, ... In this ease M. briquet doubts whether the plaster had been rightly applied. ..."

4. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1921)
"THE briquet The briquet must form an intimate mixture of the roasted ore, reducing agent, and binder. A particle of ore should be in contact with a particle ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"THE briquet The briquet must form an intimate mixture of the roasted ore, reducing agent, and binder. A particle of ore should be in contact with a particle ..."

6. Industrial Fuels by Joseph Stephenson (1919)
"associated with briquet manufacture. This results in the necessity of frequent cleaning of the mechanism, and the occasional production of briquets that ..."

7. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1858)
"By M. briquet. M. briquet believes that most writers have been indebted more to their imagination than to the observation of facts for the pictures they ..."

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