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hotel-casino

hotel-casino

2 3.0
A building with a hotel and a casino where guests stay and gamble
  • noun
  • /hoʊˈtɛl kəˈsiːnoʊ/
translation icon : hotel-casino
  • Roxanne Rubin was taken into custody as she arrived for work at the Riviera hotel-casino, investigators said.
  • hotel-casino in Vegas
  • hotel-casino in Las Vegas
  • MGM Grand hotel-casino

Examples

  • We took a cab from the track straight to Logan, and Frannie, my girlfriend, and I (betting the Bandit dog had been her idea) caught the late-night plane to San Juan and were in the La Concha Hotel casino before they closed.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Nowhere is there more spectacle than in Las Vegas, as each new hotel casino tries to offer more excitement to draw customers.

    Academic text (2006)
  • He is now the director of entertainment for the Wynn Resorts - Las Vegas hotel casino that is currently under construction.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The hotel-casino where I was staying was as noisy as a beehive with the arrival of desert dust-covered Burning Man crowds.

    Blog text (27)
  • During our trip to Las Vegas, we stayed at a luxurious hotel-casino that offered both comfortable rooms and exciting gaming options.

  • The new hotel-casino on the Strip has quickly become a popular destination for tourists looking to enjoy both entertainment and accommodation.

  • She won a significant amount while playing slots at the hotel-casino, making her stay even more memorable.

Synonyms

casino-hotel
vshotel-casino
1 3.4

A building that has both a casino and a hotel

is the same meaning but reverses that order when written as a compound

How Large

megaplex
  • US
3 4.9
resort
247 1.1
hotel-casino
2 3.0
small
1.0

Surface Forms

hotel-casino singular
hotel-casinos plural

Morphology

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

Meaning is directly the combination of 'hotel' and 'casino', so learners who know both words will understand the compound.

Etymology

The word hotel-casino joins the familiar hotel 'a place to stay' and casino, which comes from Italian casa 'house' and later meant a 'place for games'. So a hotel-casino is simply a building where you can both stay and gamble.