adobe
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a·do·be
(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.
[Spanish, from Arabic aṭ-ṭūba, the brick : al-, the + ṭūba, a brick, singulative of ṭūb, bricks (from Coptic tōbe, tōōbe, from Egyptian ḏbt, brick).]
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adobe
(əˈdəʊbɪ)n
1. (Building)
a. a sun-dried brick used for building
b. (as modifier): an adobe house.
2. (Building) a building constructed of such bricks
3. (Building) the clayey material from which such bricks are made
[C19: from Spanish]
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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]
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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.
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| Noun | 1. |  adobe - the clay from which adobe bricks are madeadobe brick, adobe - sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired |
| 2. |  adobe - sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climatesbrick - rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material adobe - the clay from which adobe bricks are made |
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adobe
n (= brick) → (ungebrannter) Lehmziegel, Adobe m; (= house) Haus aus Adobeziegeln adobe wall Mauer aus Adobeziegeln
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