gaming house
- noun
- /ˈɡeɪmɪŋ haʊs/
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casa de juegos
- Trial of twenty gamblers, including Hearne, who makes a solemn promise to close his gaming house.
Examples
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Many tourists visit the local gaming house to try their luck at the slot machines.
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After dinner, they decided to check out the gaming house to play blackjack.
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The new gaming house on the strip offers a variety of table games and poker tournaments.
Synonyms
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2.6
A building where people gamble and often enjoy shows or food
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3.2
A building where people bet and find other entertainment like shows
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3.9
A public building where people play games for money, like a casino
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4.4
A secret place where people play games for money, often illegally
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3.4
A building that has both a casino and a hotel
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Morphology
The phrase can be compositionally parsed as "a house where gaming occurs," so a learner who knows 'gaming' and 'house' can roughly infer it's a place associated with gaming. However, the precise esports sense — a team residence where players live and train — is specialized jargon and the constituents' alternative senses (e.g., gaming = gambling, house = operator) create ambiguity, making the meaning only partially predictable.
Etymology
Gaming house comes from the old image of people meeting in a private house to do gaming, like card games, and bet money. Seeing people 'gaming' in a 'house' made the phrase mean a public place for gambling, like a 'casino'.