briquette

/brɪˈket/ (bre, ipa) · /brɪˈket/ (ame, ipa) · /bri-ˈket How to pronounce briquette (audio)/ (ame, mw)

briquette — noun

  • briquettesingular
  • briquettesplural

1. A small fuel block formed by pressing fine coal, charcoal, or peat together.

1.名詞C2
釋義

A small fuel block formed by pressing fine coal, charcoal, or peat together.

例句

Zayd put two briquettes in the grill before the guests arrived.

pattern: put briquettes in the grill

After the rain, the cook lit dry briquettes to start lunch.

collocation: lit dry briquettes

文法句型

a briquette

light briquettes

a bag of briquettes

用法筆記

Usually countable and common in contexts such as grilling, camping, or home heating. It refers to a shaped block of fuel, not loose coal, charcoal, or peat.

常見錯誤

❌The bag was full of briquette.
✅The bag was full of briquettes.
💡When you mean several fuel blocks, use the countable plural form.
❌We burned loose charcoal dust in the stove, so they were briquettes.
✅We pressed the charcoal dust into briquettes before burning it.
💡A briquette is a shaped fuel block, not loose powder.