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HOLLYWOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The film industry of the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Hollywood" is a kind of...):
film industry; movie industry (the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A district of Los Angeles long associated with the American film industry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city district (a district of a town or city)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry
Example:
some people in publishing think of theirs as a glamorous medium so they copy the glitter of Hollywood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Hollywood" is a kind of...):
feel; feeling; flavor; flavour; look; smell; spirit; tone (the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flashy and vulgar
Example:
Hollywood philandering
Classified under:
Similar:
indecent (offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to the film industry in the United States
Example:
a Hollywood actor
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Hollywood (the film industry of the United States)
