Meaning & use
adobe
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A building material made of sun-dried clay and straw, or a structure built from such material.
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The old mission was constructed entirely of adobe bricks.
Adobe walls keep interiors cool in the desert heat.
A note on using this word
Common in traditional Southwestern American and Latin American architecture; distinct from the unrelated software company of the same name.
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