adobe

Значение (English)

1. An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
2. The earth from which such bricks are made.
3. 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

Произносится как (IPA)

/əˈdəʊ.bi/

Этимология (English)

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”).