Adobe

Adobe
Adobe A*do"be ([.a]*d[=o]"b[asl]), n. [Sp.] 1. An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico. [1913 Webster]

2. Earth from which unburnt bricks are made. [Western U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. (Geol.) Alluvial and playa clays of desert and arid regions, differing from ordinary clays of humid regions in containing carbonates and other soluble minerals. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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