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Twenty-one

//ˌtwɛntiˈwʌn// noun, num

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Adjective
  1. 1
    being one more than twenty wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Blackjack. uncountable

    "They were to spend many an evening together sitting round the old kitchen table playing twentyone …."

  2. 2
    a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21 wordnet
  3. 3
    A basketball-based game in which players attempt to score exactly twenty-one points. uncountable
  4. 4
    the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one wordnet
Numeral
  1. 1
    The cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21.

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