Adobe Definition
ə-dōbē
noun
A building material consisting of clay mixed with straw or dung, fashioned into sun-dried bricks or used as mortar or plaster.
American Heritage
Unburnt, sun-dried brick.
Webster's New World
A brick of this material.
American Heritage
The clay of which such brick is made.
Webster's New World
The clay or soil used in making this material.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Adobe
Noun
Singular:
adobe
Plural:
adobesOrigin of Adobe
Spanish from Arabic aṭ-ṭūba the brick al- the ṭūba a brick singulative of ṭūb bricks (from Coptic tōbe, tōōbe) (from Egyptian ḏbt brick)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Spanish adobe, from Arabic الطوب (aṭ-ṭūb), from Coptic (Sahidic) ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Egyptian
From Wiktionary
ḏbt (djebe, djobe, “mud brick”).
From Wiktionary
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