Bible Dictionaries
Adobe

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Earth from which unburnt bricks are made.

(2):

(n.) Alluvial and playa clays of desert and arid regions, differing from ordinary clays of humid regions in containing carbonates and other soluble minerals.

(3):

(n.) An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Adobe'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/adobe.html. 1828.