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dobe

UK/dəʊb/US/ˈdoʊ.bi/

dobe is the clipping of adobe.

Meaning of adobe

Noun

adobe (usually uncountable, plural adobes)

  1. (usually) An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
    • Many people in Texas and New Mexico live in adobe houses.
    Synonyms:
    dobe, mudbrick
  2. (usually) The earth from which such bricks are made.
  3. (usually) A house made of adobe brick.
    • The snow-dusted mesas and million-dollar adobes look enchanting as ever[…].2007 March 11, Ralph Blumenthal, “Prosecutor’s Ouster Shifts Political Order”, in New York Times

See all 4 meanings of adobe

Noun capitalized: Dobe

Dobe (plural Dobes)

  1. (informal) A Doberman Pinscher.
    • Select the best four of these six Doberman Pinschers and place them in order of merit based on type, soundness, and balance — or take full advantage and place all six. One of these Dobes is superior, one is quality and four are average.2002, Robert Cole, You be the Judge - the Doberman Pinscher

Forms of dobe

pluraldobes
pluralDobes

Words that rhyme with dobe

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about dobe

What does dobe mean?
Dobe means a Doberman Pinscher.
What is dobe the clipping of?
Dobe is the clipping of adobe.
What part of speech is dobe?
Dobe is a noun.
How do you pronounce dobe?
Dobe is pronounced /ˈdoʊ.bi/ (US).
What is the plural of dobe?
The plural of dobe is dobes.

Words near dobe in the dictionary

  1. dobby
  2. Dobbyn
  3. dobchick
  4. dobchicks
  5. Dobcross
  6. dobe
  7. Dobek
  8. Dobeks
  9. Dobele
  10. Dobell
  11. Dobell's solution

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dobe (page history and authors); Dobe (page history and authors); adobe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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