adobe
n. uncountable B2 Upper Intermediate US //əˈdoʊbi// UK //ɐdˈəʊbi// adobe
n. a building material made from dried earth and straw. It is common in warm, dry places.
n. a sun-dried brick or mud plaster used for construction, typically in arid regions.
The old house is built of adobe.
They used local adobe to build the walls of their new desert home.
The ancient city's adobe structures have survived centuries of wind and sun, standing as a testament to early architectural ingenuity.
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”).