A briquette (French: [bʁikɛt]; also spelled briquet) is a compressed block of coal dust[1] or other combustible biomass material (e.g. charcoal, sawdust, wood chips,[2] peat, or paper) used for fuel and kindling to start a fire. The term is a diminutive derived from the French word brique, meaning brick.
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- ^ "briquette". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2015.