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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRIQUETTE

From French: a little brick, from briquebrick.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BRIQUETTE

briquette  [brɪˈkɛt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRIQUETTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Briquette is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb briquette in English.

WHAT DOES BRIQUETTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

briquette

Briquette

A briquette is a block of flammable matter used as fuel to start and maintain a fire. Common types of briquettes are charcoal briquettes and biomass briquettes.

Definition of briquette in the English dictionary

The first definition of briquette in the dictionary is a small brick made of compressed coal dust, sawdust, charcoal, etc, used for fuel. Other definition of briquette is a small brick of any substance. Briquette is also to make into the form of a brick or bricks.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BRIQUETTE

PRESENT

Present
I briquette
you briquette
he/she/it briquettes
we briquette
you briquette
they briquette
Present continuous
I am briquetting
you are briquetting
he/she/it is briquetting
we are briquetting
you are briquetting
they are briquetting
Present perfect
I have briquetted
you have briquetted
he/she/it has briquetted
we have briquetted
you have briquetted
they have briquetted
Present perfect continuous
I have been briquetting
you have been briquetting
he/she/it has been briquetting
we have been briquetting
you have been briquetting
they have been briquetting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I briquetted
you briquetted
he/she/it briquetted
we briquetted
you briquetted
they briquetted
Past continuous
I was briquetting
you were briquetting
he/she/it was briquetting
we were briquetting
you were briquetting
they were briquetting
Past perfect
I had briquetted
you had briquetted
he/she/it had briquetted
we had briquetted
you had briquetted
they had briquetted
Past perfect continuous
I had been briquetting
you had been briquetting
he/she/it had been briquetting
we had been briquetting
you had been briquetting
they had been briquetting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will briquette
you will briquette
he/she/it will briquette
we will briquette
you will briquette
they will briquette
Future continuous
I will be briquetting
you will be briquetting
he/she/it will be briquetting
we will be briquetting
you will be briquetting
they will be briquetting
Future perfect
I will have briquetted
you will have briquetted
he/she/it will have briquetted
we will have briquetted
you will have briquetted
they will have briquetted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been briquetting
you will have been briquetting
he/she/it will have been briquetting
we will have been briquetting
you will have been briquetting
they will have been briquetting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would briquette
you would briquette
he/she/it would briquette
we would briquette
you would briquette
they would briquette
Conditional continuous
I would be briquetting
you would be briquetting
he/she/it would be briquetting
we would be briquetting
you would be briquetting
they would be briquetting
Conditional perfect
I would have briquette
you would have briquette
he/she/it would have briquette
we would have briquette
you would have briquette
they would have briquette
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been briquetting
you would have been briquetting
he/she/it would have been briquetting
we would have been briquetting
you would have been briquetting
they would have been briquetting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you briquette
we let´s briquette
you briquette
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to briquette
Past participle
briquetted
Present Participle
briquetting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRIQUETTE


banquette
bæŋˈkɛt
briquet
brɪˈkɛt
coquet
kəʊˈkɛt
coquette
kəʊˈkɛt
croquette
krəʊˈkɛt
diskette
dɪsˈkɛt
hackette
ˌhæˈkɛt
maquette
mæˈkɛt
Marquette
mɑːˈkɛt
moquette
mɒˈkɛt
Phuket
ˌpuːˈkɛt
piquet
pɪˈkɛt
plaquette
plæˈkɛt
roquette
rəʊˈkɛt
sockette
sɒˈkɛt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRIQUETTE

brinkmanship
brinnies
brinny
briny
brio
brioche
briolette
brionies
briony
briquet
bris
brisance
brisant
Brisbane
brise
brise-soleil
brisk
brisken
brisket
briskish

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRIQUETTE

bachelorette
baguette
barquette
blanquette
brunette
cassette
cigarette
corvette
dinette
gazette
jeanette
Lafayette
netiquette
palette
pirouette
roulette
silhouette
statuette
toilette
undergraduette

Synonyms and antonyms of briquette in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «briquette» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRIQUETTE

Find out the translation of briquette to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of briquette from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «briquette» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

型煤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

briquetas
570 millions of speakers

English

briquette
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ईट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فحم حجري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

брикет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

briquete
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

briquet
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

briquette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Briquet
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brikett
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブリケット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연탄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Briquet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

miếng than luyện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிற்றரிகல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रिकेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

briquet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bricchetta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brykiet
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

брикет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

brichete
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλίνθοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

briketten
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brikett
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Briketter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of briquette

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRIQUETTE»

The term «briquette» is regularly used and occupies the 56.210 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRIQUETTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «briquette» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «briquette» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about briquette

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRIQUETTE»

Discover the use of briquette in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to briquette and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Chemistry and Technology of Coal, Third Edition
Failure to allow water loss can result in a poor-quality briquette and fracture of the product after exiting the press. Double-roll presses and rotary table presses are available for briquetting bituminous coal. Different processes for controlling the ...
James G. Speight, 2012
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Transactions
the clamp and the briquette, and also to make the sides or walls of the briquette watertight, without materially injuring it. The first material tried was Prout's elastic glue, with which the tyres are fixed on to bicycle wheels; this, however was not ...
3
Journal - Society of Engineers
the clamp and the briquette, and also to make the sides or walls of the briquette watertight, without materially injuring it. The first material tried was Prout's elastic glue, with which the tyres are fixed on to bicycle wheels ; this, however was not ...
Society of Engineers (London, England), 1890
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Journal
the clamp and the briquette, and also to make the sides or walls of the briquette watertight, without materially injuring it. The first material tried was Prout's elastic glue, with which the tyres are fixed on to bicycle wheels ; this, however was not ...
Society of Engineers (London, England), 1890
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Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
6 per cent the briquette was noncoherent ; with 7 per cent a fairly strong briquette was obtained; with 8 per cent a briquette was obtained that was nearly satisfactory; and with 9 per cent an excellent briquette was made. With Arkansas No.
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1906
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
The charred lignite was then ground to 60 mesh and tested with 10 per cent of rosin and 2 per cent of lime, but there was no coherence at all in the briquette. With 12 per cent of rosin and 2 per cent of lime a poor briquette was obtained from ...
7
Commodity Modeling and Pricing: Methods for Analyzing ...
Based on the comparison of fuel consumption, the usage of 1 liter of kerosene corresponds to the use of 1.4 kg of coal briquette.* At the 2001 price of briquettes, coal briquettes are not yet cheaper than kerosene. If the price of kerosene were ...
Peter V. Schaeffer, 2008
8
Soil Physical Measurement and Interpretation for Land Evaluation
Slide the briquette breaking-machine below the cross-bar and adjust the retaining screw height so that as load is applied to the balance arm it comes to rest in a horizontal position. Turn on the water jet and ensure it is directed horizontally into ...
Keppel Coughlan, Hamish Cresswell, Neil McKenzie, 2002
9
Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Material ...
TABLE II THE SPECIFICATIONS OF BIOMASS HONEYCOMB BRIQUETTE AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE MINERAL HONEYCOMB BRIQUET diameter (mm ) Height hole diameter weight(g) Variety (mm) count (mm) bore Biomass ...
Dr. Qingzhou Xu, 2013
10
The Michigan Technic
This briquette is similar to a green sand core used for molding purposes, and must be handled with care. The last step is known as sintering and is similar to the baking of mold cores. Sintering is carried out at a temperature below the melting ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRIQUETTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term briquette is used in the context of the following news items.
1
NASA spacecraft to study Pluto's moons
In another surprise to astronomers, Hubble also showed us that the moon Kerberos is as dark as a charcoal briquette, while the other four ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
2
Watershed Park and Delta Nature Reserve closed to public due to …
There is also a ban on open cooking (propane and briquette BBQs) in all Delta Parks until further notice. Anyone who sees a fire is asked to ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
3
Water and burning restrictions increased as hot, dry weather continues
... for all areas in Delta, which includes a ban on campfires and open cooking (briquette and propane barbecues) in all parks until further notice. «Delta-Optimist, Jul 15»
4
New fire restrictions for forest
Among the new restrictions is a ban on campfires, briquette barbecues, warming fires, stove fires on national forest land, even with a valid ... «Porterville Recorder, Jul 15»
5
Rosie on the House: Clean grill the right way after a messy barbecue
... in Chandler, says start by pulling out all removable grill components, like the grates, briquette trays and burners so that you can clean them. «TriValley Central, Jul 15»
6
Open Fire Ban in Smithers
Any propane fire device that's CSA approved is allowed. If you have a BBQ those are certainly allowed. Briquette BBQ's are allowed. «CFTKTV, Jul 15»
7
UPDATED — Smoky, choky day on North Olympic Peninsula to …
... but allow campfires — including wood, charcoal and briquette fires — in designated fire rings and grates in developed campgrounds. «Peninsula Daily, Jul 15»
8
People in Waterloo mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of …
... they provided much of the workforce to two local mines at Overtown and Bogside collieries, as well as a washer and briquette plant in the ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
9
Was Ireland's social life better before the Internet: JOE's verdict
Post-Internet. First there was Match and now there is Tinder. We're expecting the next development in the digital dating age to be called Briquette.com. galvin. «JOE, Jul 15»
10
Province-wide fire ban for BC as new forest fire blazes
Gas, propane or briquette cooking stoves, as well as CSA-approved portable campfire systems with flames of 15 centimetres or less are still ... «The Weather Network, Jul 15»

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