adobe

Definition

An unburnt brick dried in the sun.

Etymology

From Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb), from Sahidic Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic Egyptian ⁠⁠ (tb, “brick”), from Egyptian Db-b-t:O39 (ḏbt, “brick, block, ingot”).

Example Sentences

• "Many people in Texas and New Mexico live in adobe houses."
• "“Find me a nice, clean adobe wall,” says he, “and send Senor Rompiro up against it.”"
• "Stone sidewalks, little more than a ledge in width, ran along the base of the mean and monotonous adobe houses."