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adobe Definition:
- Adobe is a building material made from earth and often organic material. Adobe means mudbrick in Spanish, but in some English speaking regions of Spanish heritage it refers to any kind of earth construction, as most adobe buildings are similar in appearance to cob and rammed earth buildings. Adobe is among the earliest building materials, and is used throughout the world.
| Adobe (n.) An unburnt brick dried in the sun |
| adobe / adobe brick sun-dried brick, used in hot dry climates |
| sod house / soddy / adobe house a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses |
| adobe lily / pink fritillary / Fritillaria pluriflora California herb with pinkish purple flowers |
| adobe the clay from which adobe bricks are made |
adobe Synonyme:
| adobe ashlar biscuit bisque bowl brick bricks and mortar cement ceramic ware ceramics china clayey clayish clinker concrete covering materials crock crockery earthy enamelware ferroconcrete firebrick flag flagstone flooring glass gumbo jug lath and plaster loamy marly masonry mortar pavement paving paving material plasters porcelain pot pottery prestressed concrete refractory roofage roofing siding soily stone tile tiling urn vase walling |