adobe

noun

1. sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
2. a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks.
3. a building constructed of adobe.
4. a dark, heavy soil, containing clay.

noun

1. 1. a sun-dried brick used for building
   2. (as modifier)an adobe house
2. a building constructed of such bricks
3. the clayey material from which such bricks are made

n.

1739, American English, from Spanish adobe, from oral form of Arabic al-tob “the brick,” from Coptic tube “brick,” a word found in hieroglyphics.