hollywood
IPA: hˈɑɫiwʊd
Root Word: Hollywood
noun
- An area in Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry.
- (metonymically) The American motion picture industry, regardless of location.
- An unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia, United States.
- A village in Wythall parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SP0877).
- A nickname for someone involved with the film industry or celebrity culture.
- A waxing practice that removes all of the pubic hair, unlike a Brazilian which leaves a small strip behind.
verb
- To engage in Hollywooding (various senses).
adjective
- Resembling or relating to the Hollywood movie industry.
- Of or characteristic of a Hollywood film.
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Examples of "hollywood" in Sentences
- Hollywood does glamorize everything.
- The Hollywood oligopoly replaced the Edison monopoly.
- The Aural Exciter enhances clarity move to Hollywood.
- He became a Hollywood heart throb in the 1950s and 1960s.
- But the Hollywood press, unaccustomed to candor, was delighted.
- The movie is a direct lift of the 2002 Hollywood film Dragonfly.
- The authors were dissatisfied with the film's Hollywood treatment.
- The cemetery is briefly shown in the short 'Stopover in Hollywood'.
- Moreover, Wallace's films prefigure developments in Hollywood comedy.
- The lives of the three characters intertwine when they meet in Hollywood.
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