/əˈdəʊ.bi/, /əˈdoʊ.bi/
OriginFrom 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”).
- uncountable, usuallyAn unburnt brick dried in the sun.
“Many people in Texas and New Mexico live in adobe houses.”
““Find me a nice, clean adobe wall,” says he, “and send Senor Rompiro up against it.””
“Stone sidewalks, little more than a ledge in width, ran along the base of the mean and monotonous adobe houses.”
- uncountable, usuallyThe earth from which such bricks are made.
- uncountable, usuallyA house made of adobe brick.
“The snow-dusted mesas and million-dollar adobes look enchanting as ever[…].”
Formsadobes(plural)