ALL meanings of canasta
ca·nas·ta
C c - noun canasta a card game for two to six players who seek to amass points by declaring sets of cards 3
- noun canasta 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) 3
- noun canasta a card game, a variation of rummy, usually for two or four players, using a double deck of cards and four jokers 3
- noun canasta card game 1
- noun canasta a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards. 1
- noun canasta A card game resembling rummy, using two packs . It is usually played by two pairs of partners, and the aim is to collect sets (or melds) of cards. 1
- noun canasta (Uncountable Noun) (games, card games) A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank. 0
- noun canasta (Countable Noun) (card games) A meld of seven cards in a game of canasta. 0