casino

noun

ca·​si·​no kə-ˈsē-(ˌ)nō 

plural casinos

1

: a building or room used for social amusements

specifically : one used for gambling

2

or less commonly cassino : a card game in which cards are won by matching or combining cards in a hand with those exposed on the table

3

: summerhouse sense 2

Synonyms

• alcove
• belvedere
• gazebo
• kiosk
• pavilion
• summerhouse

Examples of casino in a Sentence

on summer evenings dance bands would perform in the seaside casino

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s also an archive of some of the years that followed, during which the hotel and its casino attracted glamorous tourists and the island’s elites, and eventually added a new wing in the 1990s. —Ann Abel, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

The casino said the jackpot started at $1 million and had been growing since February of last year. —Helena Wegner, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025

The player sat at a Jackpot Carnival Extreme slot machine at Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, the casino said in a Feb. 27 post on X, formerly known as Twitter. —Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025

Pierce Brosnan’s impeccable manners arguably were better attuned to a casino than to combat. —Peter Bart, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from casa house, from Latin, cottage

First Known Use

1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing casino

• clams casino

Rhymes for casino

• amino
• carlino
• imino
• ladino
• latino
• merino
• neutrino
• argentino
• campesino
• cappuccino
• diamino
• filipino

Kids Definition

casino

noun

ca·​si·​no kə-ˈsē-nō 

plural casinos

: a building or room used for gambling