Definitions for luau

luau lu·au

Spelling: [loo-ou, loo-ou]
IPA: /luˈaʊ, ˈlu aʊ/

Luau is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 15 anagrams from letters in luau (aluu).

Definitions for luau

noun

  1. a feast of Hawaiian food, usually held outdoors and usually accompanied by Hawaiian entertainment.
  2. a cooked dish of taro leaves, usually prepared with coconut cream and octopus or chicken.

Origin of luau

First recorded in 1835-45, luau is from the Hawaiian word lū'au

Examples for luau

The pupil ate the luau, the teacher placed the package of salt on the altar, and the service was complete.

While police led him to the door, Hayton rushed Horne out of the luau, then home to the Ambassador.

"luau is the Hawaiian name for feast," Mrs. Beaumont explained.

Around midnight, she and her husband Lennie Hayton dropped by the luau, a faux-Polynesian restaurant in Beverly Hills.

Here it takes a tropical twist, with chunks of sweet pineapple, so it's right at home at a luau.

The Tahitian "native" feast does not differ in any salient particulars from the often-described Hawaiian luau.

Hospitable and liberal as he is in his daily life, when the Hawaiian invites his friends to a luau he expects them to pay.

But the luau incident gave her a sobering look at the truth.

The occasion of an outdoor festival, an ahaaina or luau, was made the opportunity for the exhibition of this dance.

luau (lu-a)--greens made by cooking young taro leaves; in modern times a term applied to a Hawaiian feast.

Word Value for luau
Scrable

4

Words with friends

7

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