adobe

[uh-doh-bee] /əˈdoʊ bi/
noun
1.
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
2.
a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks.
3.
a building constructed of adobe.
4.
a dark, heavy soil, containing clay.
Origin
1750-60; Americanism; < Spanish < Arabic al-ṭub the brick < Coptic to:o:be brick < Egyptian Demotic tb < Egyptian Hieroglyphic ḏbt
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British Dictionary definitions for adobe

adobe

/əˈdəʊbɪ/
noun
1.
  1. a sun-dried brick used for building
  2. (as modifier): an adobe house
2.
a building constructed of such bricks
3.
the clayey material from which such bricks are made
Word Origin
C19: from Spanish
Word Origin and History for adobe
n.

1739, American English, from Spanish adobe, from oral form of Arabic al-tob "the brick," from Coptic tube "brick," a word found in hieroglyphics.