adobe

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian ḏbt Demotic Egyptian tb Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe)der. Arabic طُوبَة (ṭūba) Andalusian Arabic طُوبَة Andalusian Arabic طُوبder. Spanish adobebor. English adobe From Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb), from Sahidic Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic Egyptian ⁠⁠ (tb, “brick”), from Egyptian Db-b-t:O39 (ḏbt, “brick, block, ingot”).

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[…].”