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GAMBLING HOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gambling house mean?
• GAMBLING HOUSE (noun)
The noun GAMBLING HOUSE has 1 sense:
1. a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
Familiarity information: GAMBLING HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
gambling den; gambling hell; gambling house; gaming house
Hypernyms ("gambling house" is a kind of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
business establishment; place of business (an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered)
Domain category:
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gambling house"):
casino; gambling casino (a public building for gambling and entertainment)
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