ˈmäntē noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish, literally, bank, from Italian, mountain, heap, bank, from Latin mont-, mons mountain — more at mount
1.
a. or monte bank : a card game in which players select any two of four cards faced in a layout and bet that one of them will be matched before the other as cards are dealt one at a time from the pack
b. : three-card monte
2.
[Mexican Spanish, from Spanish]
Southwest : an uncultivated area covered usually densely with spiny shrubs or small trees (as mesquite) : chaparral — compare pampa