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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.
Origin:
1750–60; Americanism; < Spanish < Arabic al-ṭub the brick < Coptic to:o:be brick < Egyptian Demotic tb < Egyptian Hieroglyphic ḏbt
1750–60; Americanism; < Spanish < Arabic al-ṭub the brick < Coptic to:o:be brick < Egyptian Demotic tb < Egyptian Hieroglyphic ḏbt
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Adobe
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example Sentences
- The room widens almost imperceptibly, then narrows again as the adobe walls converge on either side of the altar.
- The previous inhabitants of the three decrepit one-story adobe buildings on her dusty lot were a family of bats.
- The story is set on a hot planet, the natives come out only at night, their houses are windowless adobe.
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Word Origin & History
adobe
1739, Amer.Eng., from Sp. adobe, from oral form of Arabic al-tob "the brick," from Coptic tube "brick," a word found in hieroglyphics.
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