adobe

UK /əˈdəʊ.bi/ US /əˈdoʊ.bi/
noun 3

Definitions

noun

1

An unburnt brick dried in the sun.

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.”

2

The earth from which such bricks are made.

3

A house made of adobe brick.

The snow-dusted mesas and million-dollar adobes look enchanting as ever[…].

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