MEANING
A building material made from earth mixed with water and dried in the sun, commonly formed into bricks.
Use it for
earthen buildings; thick walls; regional building traditionsSpecify how an earth-coloured building is actually made.
Words that belong together
- adobe walls
- adobe bricks
- adobe house
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The adobe walls stayed cool long after the courtyard heated up.
Rain had cut shallow channels into the unprotected adobe.
Workers set fresh adobes in rows to dry beside the unfinished house.
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- adobe
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Unfired earthen construction; not ordinary kiln-fired brick. Can name the material or an individual block. Mass noun for material; count noun: adobe, plural adobes, for blocks.
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