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1Adobe — bricks are a natural building material made from sand, clay, water, and some kind of fibrous or organic material (sticks, straw, dung), which is shaped into bricks using frames and dried in the sun. It is similar to cob and mudbrick. Adobe… …
2adobe — /euh doh bee/, n. 1. sun dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall. 2. a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks. 3. a building constructed of adobe. 4. a dark, heavy soil,… …
3adobe — /əˈdoʊbi / (say uh dohbee) noun 1. the sun dried brick in common use in countries having little rainfall. 2. a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks. 3. Also, adobe hut. a building constructed of adobe. 4. a dark, heavy… …
4adobe — a•do•be [[t]əˈdoʊ bi[/t]] n. pl. bes for3. 1) sun dried brick made of clay and straw 2) a yellow silt or clay, deposited by rivers, used to make bricks 3) archit. a building constructed of adobe bricks 4) a dark, heavy soil, containing clay •… …
5soil — Synonyms and related words: abuse, acres, adobe, airspace, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, area, attaint, bedaub, befoul, begrime, belt, benasty, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, bestain, betray, black, blacken, blot,… …
6adobe lily — noun California herb with pinkish purple flowers • Syn: ↑pink fritillary, ↑Fritillaria pluriflora • Hypernyms: ↑fritillary, ↑checkered lily * * * noun Etymology: so called from the typical soil of its locality …
7Avila Adobe — The Avila Adobe, was built in 1818 by Don Francisco Avila, and has the distinction of being the oldest standing residence in Los Angeles. It is located in the paseo of famous, historical Olvera Street and is now a part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles …
8Super Adobe — is a form of Earthbag Construction that was developed by Iranian architect Nader Khalili. The technique uses long snake like sand bags to form a beehive shaped compressive structure that employs arches, domes, and vaults to create single and… …
9Natural building — A natural building involves a range of building systems and materials that place major emphasis on sustainability. Ways of achieving sustainability through natural building focus on durability and the use of minimally processed, plentiful or… …
10Richvale, California — Richvale is a small farming community (estimated population 250) in Butte County, California, USA, south of Chico and west of Oroville. The primary crop grown in the area surrounding Richvale is rice, irrigated from the Oroville Dam on the… …
