Definitions
Sun-dried brick or clay material used in building.
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“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.””
“Stone sidewalks, little more than a ledge in width, ran along the base of the mean and monotonous adobe houses.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Sun-baked building clay”5 letters
02“Sun-dried brick”5 letters
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