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CASINO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand
Synonyms:
casino; cassino
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("casino" is a kind of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "casino"):
royal casino (a form of casino in which face cards have extra point values)
spade casino (a form of casino in which spades have the value of one point)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A public building for gambling and entertainment
Synonyms:
casino; gambling casino
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("casino" is a kind of...):
gambling den; gambling hell; gambling house; gaming house (a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business))
