Word Study
casino
CIDE DICTIONARY
casino, n. [It. casino, dim. of casa house, fr. L. casa cottage. Cf. Cassing.].
- A small country house. [1913 Webster]
- A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, etc., sometimes having gambling tables or devices. [1913 Webster]
- A game at cards. See Cassino. [1913 Webster]
- a business establishment for which the primary business is gambling, having various types of gambling tables, such as blackjack or roulette, and usually also slot machines, and sometimes other forms of gambling, such as poker; also, the main room of such an establishment where the gambling is conducted; as, the Trump casinos in Atlantic City. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
casino, n. (pl. -os) a public room or building for gambling.
Etymology
It., dimin. of casa house f. L casa cottage
THESAURUS
casino
amusement park, ballroom, baths, betting house, betting parlor, cabaret, cafe chantant, cafe dansant, club, clubhouse, crib, dance floor, dance hall, dancery, dancing pavilion, entertainment industry, flat, fun-fair, gambling den, gambling hall, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house, gathering place, hangout, haunt, health resort, hell, joint, juke joint, meeting place, night spot, nightclub, nitery, poolroom, purlieu, rallying point, resort, roadhouse, show biz, show business, spa, sporting house, springs, stamping ground, tavern, theater, watering placeROGET THESAURUS
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Party
N party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.For further exploring for "casino" in Webster Dictionary Online