Adobe

/əˈdoʊ.bi/

Meaning & Definition

noun

A building material made from earth and organic materials, usually in the form of bricks, used for constructing walls and other structures.

The ancient pueblo dwellings were built using adobe bricks.

A type of housing constructed from adobe.

They lived in an adobe house that kept cool in the summer.

A traditional method of construction that utilizes natural materials.

Adobe construction is still popular in many parts of the Southwest.

Spanish 'adobe', from Arabic 'al-tob', meaning 'the brick'.

Adobe house:

A house made from adobe bricks.

Adobe style:

A style of architecture that uses adobe as a primary building material.

Referring to Adobe Systems or software products.

I just finished editing a video using Adobe; it's super user-friendly.

A quick reference to Adobe Creative Cloud suite.

I have to hop onto Adobe for my design project.