Associations to the word «Canasta»

Wiktionary

CANASTA, noun. (uncountable) (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.
CANASTA, noun. (countable) (card games) A meld of seven cards in a game of canasta.

Dictionary definition

CANASTA, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats