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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Adobe \A*do"be\ ([.a]*d[=o]"b[asl]), n. [Sp.]
1. An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an
adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.
[1913 Webster]

2. Earth from which unburnt bricks are made. [Western U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. (Geol.) Alluvial and playa clays of desert and arid
regions, differing from ordinary clays of humid regions in
containing carbonates and other soluble minerals.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]