brothel
House of prostitution
A brothel is a building where people pay to have sex with prostitutes.
The word is slightly formal; in casual speech, whorehouse is more common.
Brothels may be legal or illegal depending on jurisdiction: The police raided an illegal brothel downtown.
Nevada is the only U.S. state with legal brothels.
Commercial sex establishment
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
- madamFormal address for women
- harlotPromiscuous woman for pay
seraglio · harem · concubine · geisha · speakeasy · opium den · saloon · tavern
Slang for brothel
- whorehouseCommercial sex establishment
- bawdy houseCommercial venue for prostitution
- house of ill reputeEstablishment for prostitution
- knocking shopSlang for brothel
bordello · crib · den of iniquity · massage parlor · stew
Formal address for women
- pimpProstitution manager
- johnInformal toilet term
- trickDeliberate deception
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
escort · trafficking · raid · vice squad · red-light district · window · legalization · decriminalization
bordello
Commercial sex establishment
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
- madamFormal address for women
harlot · seraglio · harem · concubine · geisha · speakeasy · opium den · saloon · tavern · Victorian
cathouse
Slang for brothel
- whorehouseCommercial sex establishment
- bawdy houseCommercial venue for prostitution
- house of ill reputeEstablishment for prostitution
knocking shop · bordello · crib · den of iniquity · massage parlor · stew
madam
Formal address for women
solicitation · escort · trafficking · raid · vice squad · red-light district · window · legalization · decriminalization · regulation
- vice densopium den, speakeasy, gambling den, crack house, trap house
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- PompeiiPompeii, Vesuvius, Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum, eruption
- hellholeshellhole, dungeons, dungeon, dump, dumps
- adult venuesstrip club, adult theater, sex shop, gentlemens club, adult bookstore
- prostitutionbrothels, bordello, bordellos, sex work, sex workers
brothelmonastery
Religious seclusion dwelling
convent · nunnery · church · temple · house of worship
- beef brothSimmered meat extract
- bone brothSimmered skeletal liquid
- broth cubeCompressed dried stock
- ramen brothSeasoned liquid for noodles
- hearty brothSubstantial liquid meal
- scotch brothScottish vegetable lamb soup