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[ uh-doh-bee ] / əˈdoʊ bi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR adobe ON THESAURUS.COM
nounsun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall. a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks. a building constructed of adobe. a dark, heavy soil, containing clay. Origin of adobe1750–60; Americanism;<Spanish <Arabic al-ṭub the brick <Coptic to:o:be brick <Egyptian Demotic tb<Egyptian Hieroglyphic ḏbtWords nearby adobeadnexal adenoma, adnexum, adnominal, adnoun, ado, adobe, adobe flat, adobo, Ado-Ekiti, A dog is a man's best friend, adolescence Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for adobeIn the high desert of northern New Mexico, this adobe property in the village of Abiquiú boasts sweeping vistas of the Chama Valley. Our Favorite Hipcamp in Every State|Alison Van Houten|October 1, 2020|Outside Online Bin Laden stood in an adobe walled bedroom, his back to the door. I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Representatives for Adobe did not respond to requests to comment. Adobe’s ‘Creative Cloud’ Goes Offline—and Takes a Million Designers With It|Kyle Chayka|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST And how much are we supposed to trust a single company—Adobe—that has so much control over our creative class? Adobe’s ‘Creative Cloud’ Goes Offline—and Takes a Million Designers With It|Kyle Chayka|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Adobe claims that their cloud apps will work offline as well. Adobe’s ‘Creative Cloud’ Goes Offline—and Takes a Million Designers With It|Kyle Chayka|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Other non-design services, like Adobe Business Catalyst, which hosts email fundraising campaigns and e-commerce, also went down. Adobe’s ‘Creative Cloud’ Goes Offline—and Takes a Million Designers With It|Kyle Chayka|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST During the growing season they lived in huts on the fields; during the winter in the towns in adobe houses. A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]|Wolfram Eberhard Every side presents a blank wall of adobe, and the entrance seems quite by chance. Our Italy|Charles Dudley Warner He was sitting in a rough chair tilted back against the adobe wall of the saloon. The Black Box|E. Phillips Oppenheim When all was over, the boys hoisted Tad Butler on their shoulders and marched around the adobe house shouting and singing. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico|Frank Gee Patchin Over the crest of an adobe wall he saw the head and shoulders of a man. The Long Chance|Peter B. Kyne
British Dictionary definitions for adobe
noun- a sun-dried brick used for building
- (as modifier)an adobe house
a building constructed of such bricks the clayey material from which such bricks are made Word Origin for adobeC19: from Spanish Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to adobetile, house, brick, clay, mudcap |