a•do•be   ə'doʊbi - [uh-doh-bee]

a•do•be   ə'doʊbi - [uh-doh-bee]

a•do•be   ə'doʊbi - [uh-doh-bee]

a•do•be   ə'doʊbi - [uh-doh-bee]

1. sun-dried brick made of clay and straw.
2. a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks.
3. a dark, heavy soil, containing clay.

[Origin: 1750-60; Americanism; < Sp < Ar al-tub the brick < Coptic to:o:be brick < Egyptian Demotic tb < Egyptian Hieroglyphic dbt ]