See Also: monte-jus(dictionary)
monte(dictionary)
El Monte(tourism)
Del Monte Beach(tourism)
El Monte flights(tourism)
El Monte car rental(tourism)
Del Monte Foods Co.(encyclopedia)
Monte (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Monte Alban(encyclopedia)
Monte Cassino(encyclopedia)

monte (iou)



monte noun. In branch I (esp. sense 2) also monty. E19.
[Spanish = mountain, pile of cards left after dealing.]
I.
A Spanish and Spanish-American gambling game usu. played with a pack of forty cards. Also (in full three-card monte), a form of three-card trick. E19.
A certainty; spec. a horse considered a safe bet to win a race. Austral. & NZ colloq. L19.
II.
In Spanish-American countries: a small wooded tract; (a region of) chaparral or scrub. M19.