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For a deeper understanding of adobe, one might examine a cob building.

Cob, a close cousin to adobe, contains proportioned amounts of soil, clay, water, manure, and straw.

This is blended, but not formed like adobe.

Cob is spread and piled around a frame and allowed to air dry for several months before habitation.

Adobe, then, can be described as dried bricks of cob, stacked and mortared together with more adobe mixture to create a thick wall and / or roof.