a·do·be
(ə-dōbē)
(ə-dōbē)n.
1.
a. A building material consisting of clay mixed with straw or dung, fashioned into sun-dried bricks or used as mortar or plaster.
b. A brick of this material.
c. The clay or soil used in making this material.
2. A structure built with adobe bricks.
[Spanish, fromArabicaṭ-ṭūba, the brick : al-, the + ṭūba, a brick, singulative ofṭūb, bricks (fromCoptictōbe, tōōbe, fromEgyptianḏbt, brick).]
adobeTaos Pueblo, New Mexico