casino

[ kuh-see-noh ]
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noun,plural ca·si·nos for 1.
  1. a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.

  2. (in Italy) a small country house or lodge.

  1. Also cassino .Cards. a game in which cards that are face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand.

Origin of casino

1
1780–90; <Italian, equivalent to cas(a) “house” + -ino diminutive suffix

Other words from casino

  • sub·ca·si·no, noun, plural sub·ca·si·nos.

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How to use casino in a sentence

  • And seeing me coming, the owners of the Casinos, the employees, and even the green tables fairly trembled.

    The Enemies of Women | Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • What might I not write about the development of our casinos?

    South America To-day | Georges Clemenceau
  • This telegram arrived one evening when a masked ball 29 was being held at one of the Casinos.

  • He is sometimes a vulgar fop, sometimes fond of low profligacy—of betting-houses and casinos.

  • So the boy was taken to the temples of Greece and India, and even to Western casinos and dancing gardens.

    The Christian | Hall Caine

British Dictionary definitions for casino

casino

/ (kəˈsiːnəʊ) /


nounplural -nos
  1. a public building or room in which gaming takes place, esp roulette and card games such as baccarat and chemin de fer

  2. a variant spelling of cassino

Origin of casino

1
C18: from Italian, diminutive of casa house, from Latin

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