Definition of "adobe" []

• A sun-dried, unburned brick of clay and straw. (noun)
• The clay or soil from which this brick is made. (noun)
• A structure built with this type of brick. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Building your own little cozy adobe is a dream for many."
• "I checked out the free portion of the site and found that comic books are being provided for in adobe formats, supplying rich and colorful views of comics, that can be zoomed in and out of, and paging that allows flipping quickly."
• "Generally, adobe is not sealed before the stucco is applied."