adobe

[ uh-doh-bee ]

noun

1. sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
2. a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks.
3. a building constructed of adobe.
4. a dark, heavy soil, containing clay.

adobe

/ əˈdəʊbɪ /

noun

1. 1. a sun-dried brick used for building
   2. ( as modifier )

      an adobe house

2. a building constructed of such bricks
3. the clayey material from which such bricks are made

Word History and Origins

Origin of adobe¹

1750–60; Americanism; < Spanish < Arabic al-ṭub the brick < Coptic to:o:be brick < Egyptian Demotic tb < Egyptian Hieroglyphic ḏbt

Word History and Origins

Origin of adobe¹

C19: from Spanish

Example Sentences

Current integrations include Ampertiy and Adobe Ad Cloud for Search.

From Search Engine Land

In the high desert of northern New Mexico, this adobe property in the village of Abiquiú boasts sweeping vistas of the Chama Valley.

From Outside Online

Bin Laden stood in an adobe walled bedroom, his back to the door.

From The Daily Beast

Representatives for Adobe did not respond to requests to comment.

From The Daily Beast

And how much are we supposed to trust a single company—Adobe—that has so much control over our creative class?

From The Daily Beast

Adobe claims that their cloud apps will work offline as well.

From The Daily Beast

Other non-design services, like Adobe Business Catalyst, which hosts email fundraising campaigns and e-commerce, also went down.

From The Daily Beast

He saw nothing of the red car, and presently the square walls and flat roof of an adobe house broke on his vision.

From Project Gutenberg

There was an adobe house on the flat, a corral, and other evidences of a rather extensive ranch.

From Project Gutenberg

The little adobe at the desert well leaped at them and fell away behind with the swiftness of thought.

From Project Gutenberg

Gila Bend had exasperated him because it was not the town it called itself, but a huddle of adobe huts.

From Project Gutenberg

The ceilings of all the rooms were supported by unhewn beams, five or six inches thick, deeply inserted into the adobe walls.

From Project Gutenberg