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adobe

[uh-doh-bee] / əˈdoʊ bi /
NOUN
sun-dried brick
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They show O’Keeffe’s favored back view, and the beguilingly spare, almost biomorphic forms of its massive adobe buttresses, along with the subtle shadows, that make that completely understandable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

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

We went by adobe houses with no front yards and unpaved streets.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez




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