Casino Definition

kə-sēnō

casino, casinos

noun

casinos

A public room or building for entertainments, dancing, or, now specif., gambling.

Webster's New World

In Italy, a small country house.

Webster's New World

A card game for two to four players in which the object is to use cards in the hand to take cards or combinations of cards exposed on the table.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Casino

Singular:

casino

Plural:

casinoes, casinos

Italian country club, hunting lodge, casino from diminutive of casa house from Latin cottage, hut, humble dwelling

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”).

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