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The definition of adobe is a type of clay or soil used to make bricks.
(noun)The homes of the Pueblo Indians in the Southwest U.S. are examples of houses built with adobe bricks.
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See adobe in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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noun
- unburnt, sun-dried brick
- the clay of which such brick is made
- a building made of adobe, esp. in the Southwest
Origin: Sp < Ar aṭ-ṭūba, the brick < al, the + Coptic tōbe, brick
See adobe in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A sun-dried, unburned brick of clay and straw.b. The clay or soil from which this brick is made.
- A structure built with this type of brick.
Origin:
Origin: Spanish
Origin: , from Arabic aṭ-ṭūba, the brick
Origin: : al-, the
Origin: + ṭūba, a brick
Origin: , singulative of ṭūb, bricks (from Coptic tōbe, tōōbe, from Egyptian ḏbt, brick)
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