əˈdōbē noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Spanish, from Arabic aṭ-ṭūb the brick, from Coptic tōbe brick
1. : a brick of sun-dried earth and straw : building material of sun-dried earth and straw
2. : a heavy-textured clay soil (as that of the semiarid southwestern United States) used in making sun-dried bricks : alluvial or playa clay in desert or arid regions
3. : a house or other structure made of adobe bricks
4. : mudcap
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