briquetten.
/brɪˈkɛt/, /ˈbrɪkɪt/, U.S. /brəˈkɛt/ 1. A block or slab of artificial stone.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > concrete > [noun] > artificial stone > block of
briquette1883
1883 Hampstead Express 7 Apr. 1/2 Patent Victoria Stone—Tensile Strain, average of 10 briquets (see Reid, on Concrete), 794 lbs. per square inch.
2. A block of compressed coal-dust, usually with addition of a binding substance such as pitch.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > coal-derived fuel
coal ball1603
pipe-coal1612
hotshot1673
hotshoot1704
fireball1735
brickette1806
briquette1884
coal slurry1912
slurry1913
semi-coke1918
Phurnacite1937
syncrude1971
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Jan. 9/2 Works for the compressing of coal briquettes.
1886 Manchester City News 30 Oct. The manufacture of briquettes, or machine-made coal, consists simply of the transformation of ‘smudge’, or very small coal..into solid blocks, weighing about 11¼ lb. each. This result is attained by adding to the coal about eight per cent. of pitch.
1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 509 Exports of coal, coke, and briquettes decreased.
3. A small block of ice-cream. Cf. brickette n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > ices > [noun] > ice-cream > types or forms of
pistachio ice?1790
iced tea1827
tutti-frutti1834
brown-bread ice1846
vanilla ice1846
vanille ice1846
Neapolitan ice1867
Neapolitan ice cream1868
hokey-pokey1884
strawberry ice cream1890
choc chip1903
horn1908
Tortoni1911
slider1915
choc bar1919
cone1920
Eskimo pie1921
brick1922
brickette1922
Eskimo1922
choc ice1924
cornet1926
briquette1927
gelato1932
ninety-nine1935
wafer1936
fudgicle1938
ripple1939
tub1939
vanilla1955
double dip1965
1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 16 Cyclists selling ice-cream briquettes.
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briquettev.
/brɪˈkɛt/, U.S. /brəˈkɛt/ transitive. To form (coal-dust, etc.) into briquettes.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > supply with coal [verb (transitive)] > form coal-dust, etc., into briquettes
briquette1916
1916 F. C. A. H. Lantsberry tr. G. Franke Handbk. Briquetting I. 621 Briquetting of Sawdust, and other Waste Wood. These materials can generally be briquetted fairly readily without a binding material.
Derivatives
briquetted adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [adjective] > reformed into coal-derived fuel
briquetted1962
1962 Times 26 Mar. 5/3 They also intended to develop a briquetted fuel.
briquetting n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > process of forming coal-derived fuel
briquetting1898
1898 Eng. Mechanic 7 Oct. 194/1 Briquetting Sawdust.
1928 Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 11/5 The Yallourn briquetting plant of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.
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