adobe

Phonetic Respelling: [ uh-doh-bee ]

Definition:

n. a building material of clay mixed with straw that has been dried by the sun and made into bricks

Sentence:

Many houses in the Southwestern part of the US are made of adobe.

More example sentences:

Many houses in the Southwestern part of the US are made of adobe.

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The Kiva part of the adobe houses was used for what purpose?

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When we traveled out west we saw pueblos made of adobe.

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What material are adobe bricks made from?

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What is the floor in the new adobe made of?

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What did the children use to spread adobe on the roof?

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Synonyms:

sun-driedbrick; brick; clay; house; mudcap; tile

Antonyms:

stucco

Adobe rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • cobey
  • coby
  • doby
  • gobi
  • gobie
  • koby
  • moby
  • obie
  • robey
  • robie
  • roby
  • scobey
  • scoby
  • sobey
  • tobey
  • tobie
  • toby
  • zoghby
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • jacobi
  • jacoby
  • nairobi
  • ryobi
  • sunobe
• Four Syllable Rhymes
  • okeechobee