adobe

ado·be

noun \ə-ˈdō-bē\

Definition of ADOBE

1

: a brick or building material of sun-dried earth and straw

2

: a structure made of adobe bricks

3

: a heavy clay used in making adobe bricks; broadly : alluvial or playa clay in desert or arid regions

— ado·be·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

Examples of ADOBE

1. The house was built of adobe.

Illustration of ADOBE

Origin of ADOBE

Spanish, from Arabic al-ṭūb the brick, from Coptic tōbe brick, from Egyptian dbt

First Known Use: 1748

Other Building Terms

batten, cistern, hearth, lath, transom, wainscot

Rhymes with ADOBE

Nairobi