briquet
Meanings
Plural: briquets
Noun
- a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
- Alternative form of briquette in all its senses.
- Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes.
Verb
- Alternative form of briquette.
Origin / Etymology
In most senses, a variant spelling of briquette. As a lighter, a borrowing of French briquet, from Middle French briquet (“piece, morsel”), from brique (“brick, block”) + -et (suffix forming masculine diminutives).
Synonyms
briquette, lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes
Scrabble Score: 18
briquet is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbriquet is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
briquet is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
briquet is a valid Words With Friends word