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# adobe

noun (adobe — uncountable for the material; adobes for bricks); proper noun (Adobe, a company)

«adobe» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Mud mixed with straw and dried in the sun to make bricks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adobe/#m1)
2. A building made of these sun-dried bricks, common in dry places like the south-western USA and Mexico. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adobe/#m2)
3. (a name) Adobe is a software company that makes programs such as Photoshop and the PDF reader. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adobe/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and history lessons it describes homes of Pueblo peoples and desert towns; in science, adobe keeps houses cool by day and warm at night. In computing, «Adobe» is a company name. Phrases: «adobe brick», «adobe house», «adobe walls».

### Examples

- The adobe house stayed cool in the desert heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adobe/#x1)
- Pueblo people built homes from adobe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adobe/#x2)
- We made tiny adobe bricks from mud and straw in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adobe/#x3)
- Adobe walls are very thick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adobe/#x4)
- Rain can wear away adobe over time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adobe/#x5)
- Dad opened the file in Adobe Reader. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adobe/#x6)
- The old mission church is made of adobe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adobe/#x7)

### Note

Said «a-DOE-bee». Material sense is uncountable («built of adobe»); the company name has a capital A. Not the same as «abode» (home) — letters swapped.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «adobe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adobe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«adobe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/adobe.html) on Mova free.