- Adobe
- A building material made from clay, straw, and water, formed into blocks, and dried; used traditionally in the southwestern U.S.
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adobe — adobe … Dictionnaire des rimes
Adobe — bricks are a natural building material made from sand, clay, water, and some kind of fibrous or organic material (sticks, straw, dung), which is shaped into bricks using frames and dried in the sun. It is similar to cob and mudbrick. Adobe… … Wikipedia
Adobe — steht für: eine Softwarefirma, siehe Adobe Systems einen luftgetrockneten Lehmziegel und daraus errichtete Bauten, siehe Lehmziegel Siehe auch: Adobe Creek Adobe Wall Creek, ein Fluss im US Bundesstaat North Dakota Adobe Walls Creek, ein Fluss im … Deutsch Wikipedia
adobe — [ adɔb ] n. m. • 1868; mot esp. ♦ Brique d argile non cuite, obtenue par simple séchage au soleil. ● adobe nom masculin (espagnol adobe, de l arabe) Brique rudimentaire de terre mêlée de paille, séchée au soleil. adobe n. m. Brique crue séchée au … Encyclopédie Universelle
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adobe — (n.) 1739, American English, from Sp. adobe, from oral form of Arabic al tob the brick, from Coptic tube brick, a word found in hieroglyphics … Etymology dictionary
adobe — ☆ adobe [ə dō′bē ] n. [Sp < Ar aṭ ṭūba, the brick < al, the + Coptic tōbe, brick] 1. unburnt, sun dried brick 2. the clay of which such brick is made 3. a building made of adobe, esp. in the Southwest … English World dictionary
adobe — |ô| s. m. 1. Tijolo cru. 2. Seixo liso dos rios. • Sinônimo geral: ADOBO … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
adobe — sustantivo masculino 1. Uso/registro: restringido. Masa de barro moldeada en forma de ladrillo que, sin cocer, secada al sol, se utilizaba en la construcción popular. Frases y locuciones 1. hacer adobes con la cabeza Uso/registro: rest … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
adobe — (Del ár. hisp. aṭṭúb, este del ár. clás. ṭūb, y este del egipcio ḏbt). 1. m. Masa de barro mezclado a veces con paja, moldeada en forma de ladrillo y secada al aire, que se emplea en la construcción de paredes o muros. 2. (Porque a menudo los… … Diccionario de la lengua española
adobe — ► NOUN ▪ a kind of clay used to make sun dried bricks. ORIGIN from Spanish adobar to plaster , from an Arabic word meaning «bricks» … English terms dictionary
