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bahareque

bahareque noun: construction material similar to adobe, consisting of clay or mud reinforced with sticks or canes.

bahareque: construction material similar to adobe, consisting of clay or mud reinforced with sticks or canes
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Noun

bahareque (uncountable)

  1. Construction material similar to adobe, consisting of clay or mud reinforced with sticks or canes.
    • Even though some participants think adobe houses are more beautiful and safe than bahareque constructions, others have chosen bricks and cement as alternatives to reinforce or extend their basic constructions.2015, Claudia Nieto-Sanchez et al., “Positive deviance study to inform a Chagas disease control program in southern Ecuador”, in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, volume 110, →DOI

Origin of bahareque

From Spanish bahareque.

Questions about bahareque

What does bahareque mean?
Bahareque means construction material similar to adobe, consisting of clay or mud reinforced with sticks or canes.
What part of speech is bahareque?
Bahareque is a noun.

Words near bahareque in the dictionary

  1. bahanjis
  2. Bahanna
  3. Bahao
  4. bahar
  5. baharat
  6. bahareque
  7. Baharlu
  8. Baharna Arabic
  9. bahars
  10. Bahasa
  11. Bahasa Indonesia

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