casino

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UK /kəˈsiːnəʊ/ US /kæˈsinoʊ/

noun 4name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

all, big, comfortable, croupier, former, near, needed, rejected

The big casino near the airport opened last year and attracts thousands of visitors daily.

VERB + CASINO

dance, making, played, show, went, win

We went to the casino last night and won two hundred dollars at the blackjack table.

CASINO + NOUN

carlo, dealer, entrance, he's, money, monte, night, street

He lost all his money at the casino entrance trying to decide whether to go in.

PREP.

across, in, in, till

He lost all his money gambling in the casino last night.

ADV.

always, really, then

He always went to the casino on Friday nights after work.

Definitions

noun

A public building or room for gambling.

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

A bid by Donald Trump to build Sydney’s first casino was rejected 30 years ago after police expressed concerns about his links to the mafia.

A small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy.

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.

I felt it strange, and regretted it, that so amiable a man should have contracted such dissolute habits, and at this very time, instead of living respectably with his charming Countess, had Baccelli, the superannuated dancing courtesan, in a casino in the neighbourhood.

A certain Italian card game for two to four players.

Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game.

name

A town in the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken wi

cassino

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

A bid by Donald Trump to build Sydney’s first casino was rejected 30 years ago after police expressed concerns about his links to the mafia.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

He cashed in his chips and took in a show at the casino across the street.

Tatoeba · #590464

After three hours in the casino, he's $2,000 in the hole.

Tatoeba · #665565

He's a casino dealer.

Tatoeba · #1894215

Usage Notes

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In some senses, casino is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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