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adobe

a·do·be [ ə dṓbee ] (plural a·do·bes)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. earthen brick: brick made from earth and straw and dried by the sun

2. building made of adobe: a structure made with adobe bricks

3. earth that forms adobe: earth used to make adobe bricks

[Mid-18th century. Via Spanish< Arabic at-tūb "the bricks"]
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