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casino-hotel

casino-hotel

1 3.4
A building that has both a casino and a hotel
  • noun
  • /kəˈsiːnoʊ hoʊˈtɛl/
translation icon : hotel-casino
  • For their anniversary, they booked a weekend at a casino-hotel where they could gamble and relax in a spa.
  • casino-hotel in Vegas
  • casino-hotel in Las Vegas
  • casino-hotel in Atlantic City

Examples

  • - He's staying at that fancy casino hotel across the street, okay?

  • The major casino hotels vie to furnish special entertainment experiences.

    Academic text (2006)
  • While the casino hotels look to gaming to furnish a significant part of their income, they realize that more is required to get the customer in the door.

    Academic text (2006)
  • PHOTO (COLOR): Steve Wynn also extended his Las Vegas casino-hotel chain here in 2006.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Mandatory evacuations there and at Atlantic City's casinos and casino hotels were due to start Sunday afternoon.

    Blog text (28)
  • Discover how in 1979, Biff successfully lobbied to legalize gambling and turned Hill Valley's dilapidated courthouse into a beautiful casino hotel.

  • During their summer vacation, they chose to stay at a luxurious casino-hotel that offered gambling and fine dining.

  • The couple enjoyed a romantic getaway at a nearby casino-hotel with a beautiful view of the city skyline.

Synonyms

hotel-casino
vscasino-hotel
2 3.0

A building with a hotel and a casino where guests stay and gamble

has identical meaning but lists the two parts in the opposite order

How Big

casino-hotel
1 3.4
casino
513 2.6

Surface Forms

casino-hotel singular
casino-hotels plural

Morphology

casino-hotel = casino + hotel (transparent) = casino + hotel

Meaning is a straightforward combination of 'casino' and 'hotel' indicating a facility offering both gambling and accommodation.

Etymology

Casino-hotel is simply casino + hotel: casino comes from an Italian word meaning 'little house' where people met to play games, and hotel comes from a French word for a place for 'guests' to 'stay'. So a casino-hotel is a building where you can both gamble and sleep.