canasta
[ kuh-nas-tuh ]
/ kəˈnæs tə /
noun Cards.
a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards.
Origin of canasta
1945–50; < Spanish: literally, basket, apparently variant of
canastro < Greek
kánastron wicker basket (see
canister)
Words nearby canasta
Example sentences from the Web for canasta
There were the Jones' for bridge and the Graysons' for canasta and charades with the Bryants.
Time Enough at Last |Lyn Venable
British Dictionary definitions for canasta
canasta
/ (kəˈnæstə) /
noun
a card game for two to six players who seek to amass points by declaring sets of cards
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)
Word Origin for canasta
C20: from Spanish: basket (because two packs, or a basketful, of cards are required), variant of
canastro, from Latin
canistrum; see
canister