adobea‧do‧be /əˈdəʊbi $ əˈdoʊ-/ noun 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINadobe
ExamplesOrigin:
1700-1800 Spanish, Arabic at-tub ‘the brick’, from Coptic tobe ‘brick’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- After a while they make adobe bricks and build their houses by stages, one room followed by another.
- Ahead of me I saw the cluster of small adobe homes Induk had told me about, nestled into the hillside.
- Even today many members of these tribes live in multi-occupation dwellings made from sun-dried mud bricks known as adobe.
- Fired clay, such as pottery and baked mud-brick or adobe, is virtually indestructible if well fired.
- How prevalent was the use of adobe as a building material?
- Included on the tour will be a straw-bale guest house, a rammed-earth home and studio, and a 1919 adobe bungalow.
- Its sister mission in Tumacacori was built of adobe and has crumbled under the weight of the years.
- Mr. Mendez shrugged and both of them turned to the adobe.
WORD SETS► Construction
Collocationsadobe, nounasphalt, nounbatten, nounbeam, nounblueprint, nounboard, nounboom, nounbreeze-block, nounbrick, nounbricklayer, nounbrickwork, nounbucket, nounbuilder, nounbuilding contractor, nounbuilding site, nounbulldoze, verbbulldozer, nounbuttress, nouncaisson, nouncantilever, nouncastellated, adjectivecavity wall, nouncement, nouncement, verbconcrete, adjectiveconcrete, nounconcrete, verbconduit, nounconstruct, verbcrane, nouncrosspiece, noundaub, noundigger, noundowel, noundrain, noundrainage, noundraughtsman, noundry-stone wall, noundry wall, nounduckboards, noundustsheet, nounembankment, nounerect, verberection, nounfence, verbfencing, nounfiberboard, nounfibreboard, nounfloor plan, nounfoundation, noungantry, noungatepost, noungirder, noungreenfield site, nounhalf-timbered, adjectivehard hat, nounhod, nounhousing association, nounhousing project, nounjackhammer, nounjib, nounjoist, nounkeystone, nounlath, nounleading, nounmansard, nounmortar, nounpanelling, nounpanel pin, nounpave, verbpavement, nounpebbledash, nounpier, nounpile driver, nounplank, nounplanking, nounplaster, nounplaster, verbplasterboard, nounplasterer, nounplate glass, nounpoint, verbPortakabin, nounprime, verbprimer, nounproperty developer, nounputty, nounquantity surveyor, nounrebuild, verbreconstruct, verbreconstruction, nounrefurbish, verbreinforced concrete, nounrendering, nounrenovate, verbrevetment, nounroof, nounroof, verbroofing, nounrooftop, nounrubble, nounsand, verbsandstone, nounsaw, verbscaffold, nounscaffolding, nounshovel, nounsite, nounskip, nounslab, nounslate, nounspan, verbstarter home, nounsteam shovel, nounstilt, nounstucco, nounsurface, verbsuspension bridge, nounthatch, nounthatched, adjectivetile, nountile, verbtiling, nountimber, nountopcoat, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► brick
[uncountable] earth and straw that are made into bricks for building houses· After a while they make adobe bricks and build their houses by stages, one room followed by another.
► house· They live in adobe houses which they build and keep animals and grow mostly their own food.· They lived in a dusty adobe house along Buckeye Road.· Through a scattering of gray adobe houses, all identical, I would go to the house fronted with mulberry trees.