Hollywood Definition

hŏlē-wo͝od
noun
The US movie industry, especially the group of studios and celebrities that produce big-budget films for popular audiences.
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Synonyms:
adjective
Of or relating to the mainstream US movie industry.
A Hollywood movie; a Hollywood producer.
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Characteristic of sensational or escapist films produced by Hollywood.
A Hollywood ending.
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Showy or pretentious.
Their clothes were pure Hollywood.
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Origin of Hollywood

  • After Hollywood California

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hollywood Sentence Examples

  • You still working the Hollywood circuit?

  • His plays run in every major city in the English-speaking world, and Hollywood makes movies of them—good movies!

  • Fendi and Dolce & Gabbana shout the loudest for the most part, as their designs tend to be horrendously embellished and, therefore, hugely noticeable, which makes these handbags utterly irresistible to up-and-coming Hollywood starlets.

  • They wore tuxedos and ball gowns like wealthy celebrities attending an exclusive Hollywood party.

  • Zolnay, and erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy, was unveiled in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Va, on the 9th of November 1899.

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