adobe

[ uh-doh-bee ]

/ əˈdoʊ bi /

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noun

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.

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Origin of adobe

1750–60; Americanism;<Spanish <Arabic al-ṭub the brick <Coptic to:o:be brick <Egyptian Demotic tb<Egyptian Hieroglyphic ḏbt

Words nearby adobe

adnexal adenoma, adnexum, adnominal, adnoun, ado, adobe, adobe flat, adobo, Ado-Ekiti, A dog is a man's best friend, adolescence

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How to use adobe in a sentence

In the high desert of northern New Mexico, this adobe property in the village of Abiquiú boasts sweeping vistas of the Chama Valley.
Our Favorite Hipcamp in Every State|Alison Van Houten|October 1, 2020|Outside Online
Bin Laden stood in an adobe walled bedroom, his back to the door.
I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Adobe claims that their cloud apps will work offline as well.
Adobe’s ‘Creative Cloud’ Goes Offline—and Takes a Million Designers With It|Kyle Chayka|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Other non-design services, like Adobe Business Catalyst, which hosts email fundraising campaigns and e-commerce, also went down.
Adobe’s ‘Creative Cloud’ Goes Offline—and Takes a Million Designers With It|Kyle Chayka|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He saw nothing of the red car, and presently the square walls and flat roof of an adobe house broke on his vision.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews
There was an adobe house on the flat, a corral, and other evidences of a rather extensive ranch.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews
The little adobe at the desert well leaped at them and fell away behind with the swiftness of thought.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews
Gila Bend had exasperated him because it was not the town it called itself, but a huddle of adobe huts.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower
The ceilings of all the rooms were supported by unhewn beams, five or six inches thick, deeply inserted into the adobe walls.
Overland|John William De Forest

British Dictionary definitions for adobe

adobe

/ (əˈdəʊbɪ) /

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

Word Origin for adobe

C19: from Spanish

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