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[ ee-moo ] / ˈi mu /
noun Hawaii.a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones. Origin of imuFrom Hawaiian Words nearby imuimputrescible, impv., Imran Khan, Imroz, IMS, imu, IMunE, Imuran, IMV, in, Ina Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for imuImu: Underground stove made by scooping a hole in the ground, lining it with rocks, and building a fire in it. Legends of Wailuku|Charlotte Hapai I will step into the imu and you must quickly cover me with earth. Legends of Wailuku|Charlotte Hapai At least this is what the people saw—not a cloud of smoke over the imu, but a rain cloud. Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina|W. D. Westervelt Their food was cooked then, as now, by steaming it in an imu or underground oven with heated stones. The Hawaiian Islands|The Department of Foreign Affairs
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