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.
Origin of adobe
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How to use adobe in a sentence
Current integrations include Ampertiy and adobe Ad Cloud for Search.
Microsoft announces Automotive Ads, Audience Network expansion, and 7 other updates | Nicole Farley | August 2, 2022 | Search Engine LandIn the high desert of northern New Mexico, this adobe property in the village of Abiquiú boasts sweeping vistas of the Chama Valley.
Bin Laden stood in an adobe walled bedroom, his back to the door.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd 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 | THE 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 | THE DAILY BEASTOther 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 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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. MatthewsThere was an adobe house on the flat, a corral, and other evidences of a rather extensive ranch.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. MatthewsThe 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. MatthewsGila Bend had exasperated him because it was not the town it called itself, but a huddle of adobe huts.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerThe 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
/ (əˈdəʊbɪ) /
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
Origin of adobe
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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