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adobe

[uh-doh-bee] / əˈdoʊ bi /
NOUN
sun-dried brick
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Their adobe color blends so seamlessly into the landscape that you could speed by them without much notice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Instead they encountered Hawikku, an adobe pueblo in what is now western New Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

County officials signaled interest in rebuilding in fire zones with natural materials, such as adobe, but advocates say their policies make it nearly impossible.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

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

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

At the north end of the pavilion was a sunken rectangular courtyard fenced on three sides by a row of seven-foot basalt columns atop a low red and yellow adobe wall.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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