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bordello
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bor·del·lo  (bôr-dl)
n. pl. bor·del·los
A house of prostitution.

[Italian, from Old French bordel, from borde, wooden hut, of Germanic origin.]

bordello [bɔːˈdɛləʊ]
n pl -los
a brothel Also called (archaic) bordel [ˈbɔːdəl]
[from Italian, from Old French borde hut, cabin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bordellobordello - a building where prostitutes are available
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
massage parlor - a place where illicit sex is available under the guise of therapeutic massage

bordello
noun brothel, whorehouse, red-light district, cathouse (U.S. slang), house of ill repute, knocking shop (slang), bawdy house (archaic), house of prostitution, bagnio, house of ill fame, stews (archaic) the last bordello on the street
Translations
bordello [bɔːˈdeləʊ] Ncasa f de putas


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The only other time you see so many tissue boxes close at hand is in photographs of bordellos.
Pompeii was a sexual hothouse, but the bordellos (which numbered about 25 when Vesuvius erupted) were the least sensual thing about the place.
First, his enterprise was considered unique because it offered working women safer conditions than other bordellos that served an interracial netherworld of crime.
 
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