adobe

a·do·be

A0095100 (ə-dō′bē)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.

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[Spanish, from Arabic aṭ-ṭūba, the brick : al-, the + ṭūba, a brick, singulative of ṭūb, bricks (from Coptic tōbe, tōōbe, from Egyptian ḏbt, brick).]

adobe

(əˈdəʊbɪ) n1. (Building) a. a sun-dried brick used for buildingb. (as modifier): an adobe house. 2. (Building) a building constructed of such bricks3. (Building) the clayey material from which such bricks are made[C19: from Spanish]

a•do•be

(əˈdoʊ bi)

n., pl. -bes for 3. 1. sun-dried brick made of clay and straw. 2. a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks. 3. a building constructed of adobe bricks. 4. a dark, heavy soil, containing clay. [1750–60; Amer.; < Sp < Arabic al-ṭub the brick < Coptic to:o:be brick, ultimately < Egyptian ḏbt]

adobe

A Spanish word for a sun-dried brick, common in ancient cultures and especially in arid lands. Particularly associated with the house building of the Pueblo Indians in the southwest USA and Mexico.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adobe - the clay from which adobe bricks are madeadobe brick, adobe - sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climatesclay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
	2.	adobe - sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climatesadobe brickbrick - rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving materialadobe - the clay from which adobe bricks are made

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