twenty-one

[twen-tee-wuhn, twuhn-]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 1.

2. a symbol for this number, as 21 or XXI.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. Cards.,  Also 21. blackjack.

adjective

1. amounting to 21 in number.

twenty-one

noun

1. another name (esp US) for pontoon 2

Example Sentences

One hundred twenty-one of the 594 athletes on the American team — more than one in five — are from the state.

From Los Angeles Times

When they turned twenty-one, however, their lives and relationship changed permanently.

From Literature

“If you’re coming and you’re over twenty-one, my question is, ‘why now?’” he explained, referring to the legal buying age in Florida.

From Seattle Times

At least twenty-one people have died in southern Brazil, after a cyclone made landfall in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

From BBC

Three lawns a day, once a week, twenty-one lawns if I worked seven days, dawn till dark, no days off.

From Literature

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