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

All New Yorkers will win with a new casino at Hudson Yards. —Mitchell Moss, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025

Las Vegas Sands, which sold off its Vegas property in 2022, has some future plans to return to the United States, having purchased the Nassau Coliseum on New York’s Long Island in 2023 with the intention of developing a casino on the site. —Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025

Lansky was accused of setting up the casino and collecting large payments from its profits without reporting the income on his tax returns. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025

The visitor sat at slot machine at the Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino in Coarsegold, the casino said in an April 2 Facebook post. —Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 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