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canasta
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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.

[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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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
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] Ncanasta f
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nCanasta nt
canasta [kəˈnæstə] ncanasta
canasta [kəˈnæstə] ncanasta


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