1. a card game for two to six players using two decks of cards, in which players try to collect sets of seven cards of the same rank

Examples

• My grandmother taught me how to play canasta when I was twelve.
• We need two decks of cards to play canasta properly.
• The canasta tournament at the community center draws players from across the city.
• She scored big points by making a canasta of sevens.
• Canasta became popular in the United States in the 1950s.
• They meet every Tuesday night for their weekly canasta game.