brothel
brothel — noun
- brothelsingular
- brothelsplural
1. a house or business where sex workers meet paying customers for sexual services
a house or business where sex workers meet paying customers for sexual services
Police shut the brothel after neighbors reported late-night fights outside.
collocation: shut a brothel
Christopher rented a room above a former brothel near the old port.
pattern: former brothel
Élise found a brothel license while sorting papers in the town archive.
During the raid, officers rescued two teenagers from the illegal brothel.
The mayor promised to close any brothel operating near schools or bus stations.
- bordello
older or more literary in tone
- whorehouse
rougher and often insulting because it uses a derogatory word for the workers
- house of prostitution
formal phrase used especially in legal or official writing
用法筆記
Usually refers to the building or business, not to the people working there. In modern use, the word often appears in news, legal, or historical contexts such as raids, closures, or licensing.