ADOBE Meaning of ADOBE in English [ ə'dəʊbi , ə'dəʊb ]■ noun a kind of clay used to make sun-dried bricks.OriginC18: from Sp., from adobar 'to plaster', from Arab. aṭ-ṭūb , from al 'the' + ṭūb 'bricks'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004