ADOBE

adobe, adobe brick

(noun) sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates

adobe

(noun) the clay from which adobe bricks are made

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

adobe (usually uncountable, plural adobes)

An unburnt brick dried in the sun.

• Star Wars script

The earth from which such bricks are made.

A house made of adobe brick.

Synonyms

• mudbrick (definition 1)

Anagrams

• EABOD, abode

Source: Wiktionary

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A*do"be, n. Etym: [Sp.]

Definition: An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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