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samba
noun
verb
a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 5
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- A
- Contains
- AMB
- Scrabble score
- 9
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈsɑmbə
Meaning
Definitions
noun
a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
noun
a lively dance from Brazil, with roots from Africa
noun
music composed for dancing the samba
noun
large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
verb
dance the samba
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