Adobe
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks.
a building constructed of adobe.
a dark, heavy soil, containing clay.
Contemporary Examples
Representatives for adobe did not respond to requests to comment.
Adobe’s ‘Creative Cloud’ Goes Offline—and Takes a Million Designers With It Kyle Chayka May 15, 2014
He dubbed his sprawling 22-room adobe—once the haunt of writer D. H. Lawrence—the Mud Palace.
Dennis Hopper and the Cult of Nonreaders Tom Folsom March 7, 2013
And how much are we supposed to trust a single company—adobe—that has so much control over our creative class?
Adobe’s ‘Creative Cloud’ Goes Offline—and Takes a Million Designers With It Kyle Chayka May 15, 2014
Taste the good life in Santa Fe, New Mexico, filled with art galleries, adobe hotels and flavorful restaurants.
The U.S. Road Trips You Should Really Take Lonely Planet April 25, 2014
Bin Laden stood in an adobe walled bedroom, his back to the door.
I Shot Bin Laden Elliot Ackerman November 15, 2014
Historical Examples
The old Mission structure is substantially built of brick, covered over with adobe as plaster.
Scenic Mount Lowe and Its Wonderful Railway George Wharton James
Every day Schiefflin set forth on his mule from the adobe house.
When the West Was Young Frederick R. Bechdolt
Now an adobe hamlet comes into view, the low whitewashed cabins clustering about a gray old stone church.
Aztec Land Maturin M. Ballou
The adobe flashed out from the shadow and Roger slid down into the well.
The Forbidden Trail Honor Willsie
It was as though a miniature army were storming the section near the adobe.
The Bad Man Charles Hanson Towne
noun
a sun-dried brick used for building
(as modifier): an adobe house
a building constructed of such bricks
the clayey material from which such bricks are made
n.
1739, American English, from Spanish adobe, from oral form of Arabic al-tob “the brick,” from Coptic tube “brick,” a word found in hieroglyphics.
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