twenty-one
Legal drinking age
Twenty-one is the cardinal number equal to 20 plus 1.
It holds special significance as the age of legal adulthood for drinking alcohol in the United States, making turning twenty-one a milestone birthday.
In the card game blackjack, twenty-one is the target score players aim to reach without exceeding, which is why the game itself is often called twenty-one.
She finally turned twenty-one and celebrated at a bar.
One who sells goods
- casinoFacility for wagering
- betRisked stake on outcome
- chipsThin fried slices
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
deal · hit · stand · bust · double-down · split · insurance · surrender
Symbol denoting quantity
- integerNumber lacking fractions
- primeReadying for action
- oddUnusual or not even
- digitSingle numeric character
cardinal · blackjack · counting · mathematics · sequence
Annual date of origin
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- adulthoodState of being grown
- independenceFreedom from external control
maturation · responsibility · legal · majority · milestone · threshold · landmark · adult
dealer
One who sells goods
shuffle · deal · hit · stand · bust · double-down · split · insurance · surrender · deck
numeral
Symbol denoting quantity
digit · cardinal · blackjack · counting · mathematics · sequence
birthday
Annual date of origin
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- adulthoodState of being grown
independence · maturation · responsibility · legal · majority · milestone · threshold · landmark · adult · club
artillery
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- honorsRecognition for achievement
- militaryArmed forces collectively
naval · memorial · presidential · cannon · volleys · tribute · protocol
- milestone agessweet sixteen, quinceanera, first birthday, sixteen, eighteen
- Odd Numbersfive, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen
- age limitsage limit, age requirement, age threshold, age restriction, age of majority
- banking gamesbaccarat, blackjack, faro, pontoon, basset
- numbersfour, 0, five, 1, six
- basketballbasketball, rebound, dunk, basketball camps, dribble
one, two, three, ten, twelve, twenty, twenties, twenty-two, twenty-first