adobe

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
2. (uncountable, usually) The earth from which such bricks are made.
3. (uncountable, usually) A house made of adobe brick.

Synonyms

adobe brick

sun-dried brick

adobe house

mud brick

clay brick

clay

ingot

mud

preform

slug

dobie

base

unfired bricy

air-dried brick

unbaked brick made of mud and straw

air brick

pise de terre

semi-finished metal

sun-dried mud brick

green bricks

billet

blank

brick

Translations

adobe

adobe

adobe

Lehmziegel

adobe

kerpiç

tova

Adobe

πλίνθος

adobe

mattone

طُوب

banco

πλίθα

ηλιόψητος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈdəʊ.bi/

Etymology

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