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

building material made of sun-dried clay, sand, and straw and usually shaped into bricks.

heavy clay soil, not suitable for container gardening or hydroponics.

A company that makes a great many products involving the creating of graphic and text images. They are the inventors of PostScript, which is the magic that allows files to be printed unmodified on hun [..]

(n) the clay from which adobe bricks are made(n) sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates

A sun-dried earthen, un-compressed brick used for wall construction. Traditional adobe blocks are a standard 10"x14"x4" size.

A Spanish term meaning “mud brick or block.” It is a sun-dried, unfired brick or building block made from a mixture of clay, straw, and water. The term can also refer to the clay or soil from which the brick is made, or a structure built with this type of brick.

Clay, silt, and sand combined with water to form a plastic material which when dried forms a hard construction material. Also at times used interchangeably with the term Caliche.

Founded in 1982 by Charles Geschke and John Warnock, Adobe is the original creator of Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, PostScript, Photoshop, and other programs.