Hollywood

[ hol-ee-wood ]

noun

1. the NW part of Los Angeles, Calif.: center of the American motion-picture industry.
2. a city in SE Florida, near Miami: seaside resort.

Hollywood

/ ˈhɒlɪˌwʊd /

noun

1. a NW suburb of Los Angeles, California: centre of the American film industry. Pop: 167 664 (2000)
2. 1. the American film industry
   2. ( as modifier )

      a Hollywood star

Hollywood

1. District of Los Angeles .

Notes

Center of the American film industry.

Other Words From

• Holly·wood·ite Holly·wooder noun

Example Sentences

The Ohio-born comic further established his comedy cred when he became the youngest stand-up comedian to sell out the Hollywood Bowl during the second installment of the Netflix Is a Joke Festival in May.

From Los Angeles Times

She got her start waiting tables at the Redd Foxx Club on La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood, but was noticed for her beauty and invited on stage, where she was a natural.

From Los Angeles Times

“That’s why I chose that orchestration that is very what I call ‘aerial,’ and Wagnerian, and kind of also Hollywood — which I never knew that I could do.”

From Los Angeles Times

Remini has been an outspoken critic of Scientology and her 2015 book, “Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology,” helped spur the series, the first season of which is currently available to stream on Discovery+.

From New York Times

It was an early morning in October, and I had met Craig for breakfast at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood to ponder the performance of masculinity.

From New York Times

Related Words

• bogus
• copied
• false
• fictitious
• forged
• fraudulent
• phony
• spurious