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canasta

ca·nas·ta [ kə-ˈna-stə]

canasta

noun

[kə-ˈna-stə]

Definition of canasta

1 : a form of rummy using two full decks in which players or partnerships try to meld groups of three or more cards of the same rank and score bonuses for 7-card melds

2 : a meld of seven cards of the same rank in canasta

Recent Examples on the Web

//Bob was an avid canasta player, loved theatre and reading and was an expert at poker and played golf.
— courant.com, "Robert J. Cohn," 19 Aug. 2019
//Mildred was a bookkeeper, avid canasta player, and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
— Sun-Sentinel.com, "Deaths in South Florida: 7/10," 10 July 2018
//Adult programming at the Mandel JCC Boynton Beach branch include canasta and mah jongg sessions as well as weekly discussion groups on a wide variety of topics.
— Marvin Glassman, Jewish Journal, "JCC summer programming changing with the times," 6 June 2018
//Which means, really, the race could be better than canasta in somebody’s suburban basement.
— John Baer, Philly.com, "Pennsylvania voters face a governor's race with starkly different candidates | John Baer," 15 May 2018
//Eighty guests joined 20 members in playing bingo, canasta, bridge and progressive rummy.
— Joyce Rudolph, latimes.com, "Community: Entities prove service to community is top priority," 27 Mar. 2018
//There's always a class going on at the center for the community to enjoy such as yoga, quilting, karate, dominoes and canasta.
— Kaila Contreras, Houston Chronicle, "Huffman history: May Community Center hosts events near Lake Houston," 14 Mar. 2018
//Jacquie always had more energy than any two people, playing tennis and canasta, swimming and painting as a young working mother, and filling her later years with ceramics, water ballet, ushering, and bridge.
— Sun-Sentinel.com, "Deaths in South Florida: 2/24," 24 Feb. 2018
//As a recent cancer survivor, Barbara loved to exercise, play bridge, knit, and was starting a new hobby, learning to play canasta with her friends in Florida.
— Sun-Sentinel.com, "Deaths in South Florida: 2/2," 2 Feb. 2018

First Known Use of canasta

1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for canasta

Spanish, literally, basket

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canasta

noun

English Language Learners Definition of canasta

: a type of card game that is played with two decks of cards