Casino
/kəˈsiːnəʊ/ name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A public building or room for gambling. countable, uncountable
"He went to the casino every night till 1:00 am."
- 2 a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand wordnet
- 3 A small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Quirini [was] knowing in the belles Lettres, & highly skilled in making his Casino comfortable to all the Wits & Blues as we now call them in London."
- 4 a public building for gambling and entertainment wordnet
- 5 A certain Italian card game for two to four players. uncountable
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- 6 Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game. countable
Proper Noun
- 1 A town in the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Example
More examples"He cashed in his chips and took in a show at the casino across the street."
Etymology
From Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”).