ca·nas·ta (k -n s t)n. A card game for two to six players, related to rummy and requiring two or three decks of cards. [Spanish, from canasto, basket, from Latin canistrum; see canister.] |
canasta [kəˈnæstə]
n
1. (Group Games / Card Games) a card game for two to six players who seek to amass points by declaring sets of cards
2. (Group Games / Card Games) Also called meld a declared set in this game, containing seven or more like cards, worth 500 points if the canasta is pure or 300 if wild (containing up to three jokers)
[from Spanish: basket (because two packs, or a basketful, of cards are required), variant of canastro, from Latin canistrum; see canister]
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| Noun | 1. |  canasta - a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rankrum, rummy - a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards bolivia - a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded samba - a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers |
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