bordello
noun
bor·del·lo bȯr-ˈde-(ˌ)lō 
plural bordellos
: a building in which prostitutes are available : brothel
Synonyms
- bagnio
- bawdy house
- brothel
- cathouse
- disorderly house
- sporting house
- stew
- whorehouse
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Example Sentences
the cabdriver offered to show me where he claimed the most infamous bordello in town used to be
Recent Examples on the Web Kitty Schmidt spoke after the war with the German journalist Klaus Harpprecht about the SS takeover of her bordello, though without providing much detail. 
David Motadel, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 Even if the gilt ceiling is wallpaper and the red-velvet upholstery skews bordello, the Nines has proven that scenesters can get into Cole Porter. Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022 No longer was this a matter of a U.S. senator frolicking at a male bordello: The security of the nation was now at risk. James Kirchick, Washington Post, 15 June 2022 Peck wore a series of leather masks with strips of dangling bordello fringe, which obscured most of his features, but not his searching blue eyes. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2022 Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello, Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2022 Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello, Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2022 Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello, Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2022 Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello, Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2022 See More
David Motadel, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 Even if the gilt ceiling is wallpaper and the red-velvet upholstery skews bordello, the Nines has proven that scenesters can get into Cole Porter. Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022 No longer was this a matter of a U.S. senator frolicking at a male bordello: The security of the nation was now at risk. James Kirchick, Washington Post, 15 June 2022 Peck wore a series of leather masks with strips of dangling bordello fringe, which obscured most of his features, but not his searching blue eyes. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2022 Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello, Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2022 Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello, Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2022 Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello, Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2022 Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello, Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Italian, from Old French bordel, from borde hut, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English bord board
First Known Use
1593, in the meaning defined above
bordello
noun
as in brothel
a building in which prostitutes are available the cabdriver offered to show me where he claimed the most infamous bordello in town used to be Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- brothel
- whorehouse
- cathouse
- bagnio
- bawdy house
- disorderly house
- stew
- sporting house
- harem
- crib
- seraglio
- massage parlor
- call house