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Definition of adobe

adobe

/əˈdoʊ.bi/
a · do · be
Plural:adobes
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• noun

1

A natural building material made from sand, clay, water, and fibrous organic material such as straw, which is shaped into bricks using frames and dried in the sun.

Example

"The thick walls of the historic mission were constructed using traditional sun-dried adobe."

2

North American A house or other building constructed from sun-dried earth and straw bricks, characteristic of the southwestern United States and Latin America.

Example

"They restored a nineteenth-century adobe in New Mexico that stays remarkably cool during the summer."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed in the mid-18th century from Spanish adobe, which comes from Arabic at-tub ('the brick'), ultimately tracing back to Coptic tobe and Ancient Egyptian dbt ('mudbrick').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Adobe. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/adobe
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