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Adobe

//əˈdəʊ.bi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An unburnt brick dried in the sun. uncountable, usually

    "Many people in Texas and New Mexico live in adobe houses."

  2. 2
    sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates wordnet
  3. 3
    The earth from which such bricks are made. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    the clay from which adobe bricks are made wordnet
  5. 5
    A house made of adobe brick. uncountable, usually

    "The snow-dusted mesas and million-dollar adobes look enchanting as ever[…]."

Etymology

From Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb), from Sahidic Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic Egyptian ⁠⁠ (tb, “brick”), from Egyptian Db-b-t:O39 (ḏbt, “brick, block, ingot”).

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