twenty-one

num, noun — 3 senses

twenty-one

num

/ˌtwɛntiˈwʌn/ · /ˌtwɛntiˈwɒn/

1

The cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21.

Synonyms
eleventeen, one and twenty, 21, XXI
Derived terms
twenty-one hundred, twenty-oneth, twenty-one-year-old
Related terms
twenty-first, twenty, twenty-two

twenty-one

noun
1

Card games, Games Blackjack.

  • They were to spend many an evening together sitting round the old kitchen table playing twentyone ….1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 398
2

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A basketball-based game in which players attempt to score exactly twenty-one points.

Related terms
baccarat, blackjack, pontoon

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