adobe
/əˈdoʊbi/
adjective
- Made of or relating to adobe.
- She admired the adobe architecture of the old church.
- They bought an adobe house in the desert.
- The adobe walls were over two feet thick.
noun
- A building material made from clay and straw, dried in the sun, used especially in hot, dry regions.
- Adobe is an inexpensive and natural building material common in the Southwest.
- The villagers mixed straw with clay to make adobe for their homes.
- Many ancient structures in the region were built from adobe.
- A brick made of adobe.
- They stacked adobes to form the thick walls of the house.
- The old mission was constructed from thousands of adobes.
- Each adobe was shaped by hand and left to dry in the sun.
- A house or building made of adobe bricks.
- We stayed in a cozy adobe during our trip to New Mexico.
- She painted the adobe white to reflect the desert sun.
- The adobe had thick walls that kept it cool in summer.