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

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Examples from the Web for adobe

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
During the growing season they lived in huts on the fields; during the winter in the towns in adobe houses.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]|Wolfram Eberhard
Every side presents a blank wall of adobe, and the entrance seems quite by chance.
Our Italy|Charles Dudley Warner
He was sitting in a rough chair tilted back against the adobe wall of the saloon.
The Black Box|E. Phillips Oppenheim
When all was over, the boys hoisted Tad Butler on their shoulders and marched around the adobe house shouting and singing.
The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico|Frank Gee Patchin
Over the crest of an adobe wall he saw the head and shoulders of a man.
The Long Chance|Peter B. Kyne

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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Word Origin and History for adobe

adobe

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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