adobe

Definitions


[əˈdəʊbi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a kind of clay used as a building material
(e.g: adobe houses)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century: from Spanish, from adobar ‘to plaster’, from Arabic aṭ-ṭūb, from al ‘the’ + ṭūb ‘bricks’




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