A small block of compressed coal dust, charcoal, or other fuel used for burning.
From French 'briquet,' from 'brique' (brick), comparing the shape and size of compressed fuel to a brick; entered English in the 19th century.
Briquets were revolutionary for heating homes—they could compress waste coal dust that would've been garbage into usable fuel, making poor households less dependent on expensive fuel!
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