canasta

ca·nas·ta  (k-nst)

n.

A card game for two to six players, related to rummy and requiring two or three decks of cards.

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[Spanish, from canasto, basket, from Latin canistrum; see canister.]

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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]

Thesaurus

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 rank basket rummy, meld rum, 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

Translations

canasta [kəˈnæstə] N → canasta f

canasta

n → Canasta nt

canasta [kəˈnæstə] n → canasta

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canasta [kəˈnæstə] n → canasta