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(a-do-be) 3 syllables

Definition

noun. a building material made from sun-dried earth and straw.

Example Sentence

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

More Example Sentences

They built an adobe home in the desert.

Synonyms

clay; earth; mud brick

Antonyms

stucco

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Rhymes

  • cobey
  • coby
  • doby
  • gobi
  • gobie
  • koby
  • moby
  • obie
  • robey
  • robie
  • roby
  • scobey
  • scoby
  • sobey
  • tobey
  • tobie
  • toby
  • zoghby

  • adobe
  • jacobi
  • jacoby
  • nairobi
  • ryobi
  • sunobe

  • okeechobee
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