Casino

//kəˈsiːnəʊ// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A public building or room for gambling. countable, uncountable

    "He went to the casino every night till 1:00 am."

  2. 2
    a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    a public building for gambling and entertainment wordnet
  5. 5
    A certain Italian card game for two to four players. uncountable
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  1. 6
    Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game. countable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Synonyms

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amusement parkarborballroombathsbetting housebetting parlor

Antonyms

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bank

Example

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"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”).

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