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a⋅do⋅be
[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. |
Origin:
1750–60; Americanism; < Sp < Ar al-ṭub the brick < Coptic to:o:be brick < Egyptian Demotic tb < Egyptian Hieroglyphic ḏbt
1750–60; Americanism; < Sp < Ar al-ṭub the brick < Coptic to:o:be brick < Egyptian Demotic tb < Egyptian Hieroglyphic ḏbt
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| a·do·be (ə-dō'bē) n.
[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
A*do"be\ ([.a]*d[=o]"b[asl]), n. [Sp.] An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.Adobe
A*do"be\, n. 1. Earth from which unburnt bricks are made. [Western U. S.] 2. (Geol.) Alluvial and playa clays of desert and arid regions, differing from ordinary clays of humid regions in containing carbonates and other soluble minerals.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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