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View synonyms for adobe

adobe

[ uh-doh-bee ]

noun

  1. sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
  2. a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks.
  3. a building constructed of adobe.
  4. a dark, heavy soil, containing clay.

adobe

/ əˈdəʊbɪ /

noun

    1. a sun-dried brick used for building
    2. ( as modifier )

      an adobe house

  2. a building constructed of such bricks
  3. the clayey material from which such bricks are made

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Word History and Origins

Origin of adobe1

1750–60; Americanism; < Spanish < Arabic al-ṭub the brick < Coptic to:o:be brick < Egyptian Demotic tb < Egyptian Hieroglyphic ḏbt

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Word History and Origins

Origin of adobe1

C19: from Spanish

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