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MONTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monte mean? 

MONTE (noun)
  The noun MONTE has 1 sense:

1. a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a timeplay

  Familiarity information: MONTE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

four-card monte; monte; three-card monte

Hypernyms ("monte" is a kind of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)


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