canasta
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canasta
- /kəˈnæstə/
Where it comes from
From Spanish canasta. The game originates from Uruguay.
noun canastas
- A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank. “Do you know something, Fred?” she announced, “I won four dollars and eighty-five cents playing Canasta this afternoon.” “Canasta!” exclaimed Mr. Grimes, “I didn′t know you could play that silly game.”
- A meld of seven cards in a game of canasta. Groups of seven of a kind are called canastas, and before a player can go out he or his partner must have at least one canasta.
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Talk about this word "canasta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/canasta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. canasta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/canasta "canasta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/canasta.Cite this
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title = {canasta},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/canasta},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
