Adobe

n.	1.	An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.
	2.	Earth from which unburnt bricks are made.
	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.

Noun	1.	adobe - the clay from which adobe bricks are made
	2.	adobe - sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates Synonyms: adobe brick

ashlar, biscuit, bisque, bowl, brick, bricks and mortar, cement, ceramic ware, ceramics, china, clayey, clayish, clinker, concrete, covering materials, crock, crockery, earthy, enamelware, ferroconcrete, firebrick, flag, flagstone, flooring, glass, gumbo, jug, lath and plaster, loamy, marly, masonry, mortar, pavement, paving, paving material, plasters, porcelain, pot, pottery, prestressed concrete, refractory, roofage, roofing, siding, soily, stone, tile, tiling, urn, vase, walling

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