ADOBE - 8 definitions found
adobe n 1: the clay from which adobe bricks are made 2: sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates [syn: adobe, adobe brick] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) adobe noun Etymology: Spanish, from Arabic al-ṭūb the brick, from Coptic tōbe brick, from Egyptian dbt Date: 1748 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 • adobelike adjective Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary adobe Adobe is a mixture of mud and straw that is dried into bricks in the sun and used for building, especially in hot countries. ...a few blocks of adobe houses. N-UNCOUNT: usu N n English Explanatory Dictionary adobe əˈdəubɪ n. 1 an unburnt sun-dried brick. 2 the clay used for making such bricks. [Sp. f. Arab.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Adobe \A*do"be\, n. 1. Earth from which unburnt bricks are made. [Western U. S.] 2. (Geol.) Alluvial and playa clays of desert and arid regions, differing from ordinary clays of humid regions in containing carbonates and other soluble minerals. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Adobe \A*do"be\ ([.a]*d[=o]"b[asl]), n. [Sp.] An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 51 Moby Thesaurus words for "adobe": ashlar, biscuit, bisque, bowl, brick, bricks and mortar, cement, ceramic ware, ceramics, china, clayey, clayish, clinker, concrete, covering materials, crock, crockery, earthy, enamelware, ferroconcrete, firebrick, flag, flagstone, flooring, glass, gumbo, jug, lath and plaster, loamy, marly, masonry, mortar, pavement, paving, paving material, plasters, porcelain, pot, pottery, prestressed concrete, refractory, roofage, roofing, siding, soily, stone, tile, tiling, urn, vase, walling |
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