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adobe

[uh-doh-bee] / əˈdoʊ bi /
NOUN
sun-dried brick
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Instead they encountered Hawikku, an adobe pueblo in what is now western New Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Eventually, however, the lush commons became something like adobe hills.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2025

On Monday, Bagnard emailed to say it looked like her family would be moving forward with adobe after all.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2025

Pedersen had connected with Loescher, the architect, and was getting fired up about the possibility of rebuilding with adobe.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2025

It was made of sand-colored adobe and had two soaring steeples, a gigantic circular stained-glass window, and, leading up to the two main doors, a pair of sweeping staircases covered with pigeons.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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