house of prostitution
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7.6
- noun
- /haʊs əv prɒstɪˈtjuːʃən/
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casa de prostitución
- After months of investigation, they finally shut down the notorious house of prostitution in the area.
- Chinese house of prostitution
Examples
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Do you know of white boys going to Chinese houses of prostitution?
Academic text (2003) -
This is a house of prostitution.
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I run a house of prostitution.
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You either close down a house of prostitution or you leave it open.
Blog text (23) -
In 1957, Trujillo ordered all the houses of prostitution in the country closed.
Academic text (1993) -
A house of prostitution that an ex-Haredi opened in Shmuel Hanavi has turned into a hit for the sector's marginal youth.
Blog text (10) -
The authorities raided a house of prostitution as part of their crackdown on illegal activities.
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Several people were arrested for operating a house of prostitution that was disguised as a massage parlor.
Synonyms
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6.3
A place where people pay to have sex with prostitutes
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7.8
A building where people pay to have sex with prostitutes
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9.6
A building where people pay to have sex
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9.6
A place where people pay for sex
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8.9
A place where people pay to have sex
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9.9
A place where people pay for sex, often seen as wrong
A place where people pay for sex
A house where people go to pay for sex
A house where people pay for sex
A building where people pay for sex
How Disreputable
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6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
house + of + prostitution
The construction 'house of X' straightforwardly denotes a building where X occurs; with 'prostitution' meaning the exchange of sex for money, the phrase directly denotes a building where prostitution takes place. This is a regular, compositional noun-of-noun pattern with clear cross-linguistic equivalents, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand the meaning.
Etymology
House of prostitution is a literal phrase: a house where prostitution happens, so it means 'a building where people offer sexual services for money'.