OscarOs‧car /ˈɒskə $ ˈɑːskər/ noun [countable] trademark 
Who got the Oscar (=won it) for best actress? The film won five Oscars.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- the Oscar for best director
- Babe G A best picture Oscar nominee.
- Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film ever nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
- Burns won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance.
- Lumpy chin I have a pair of juvenile Oscars in a four foot tank.
- Shame on you, they scream, for proving the point by attempting to compete with the Oscars.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Who got the Oscar (=won it) for best actress? The film won five Oscars.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a prize that is given each year in the US for the best film, actor etc in the film industry. It is officially called an Academy AwardOscar for Who got the Oscar (=won it) for best actress? The film won five Oscars. (=a nomination for a particular prize or award)· The novel has received a National Book Award nomination.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Sarandon just won a best actress Oscar for her performance.· Russell Crowe took the best actor Oscar for his part in and as Gladiator.· Dandridge was the first black to receive a best actress Oscar nomination.· Babe G A best picture Oscar nominee.
NOUN· Russell Crowe took the best actor Oscar for his part in and as Gladiator.· Burns won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance.
· River Phoenix continues to be a miracle, having earned his Oscar nomination in Running on Empty.· Dandridge was the first black to receive a best actress Oscar nomination.· Even though DeVito has extracted a toothsome performance which insiders predict could win Jack an Oscar nomination.· It is almost certain to win several Oscar nominations.· How he managed an Oscar nomination is beyond me.· Counting errors of omission is part of the Oscar nominations ritual.· Writer-director-producer John Sayles deserves to earn a busload of Oscar nominations.
· Babe G A best picture Oscar nominee.
· Babe G A best picture Oscar nominee.· Lee must win best foreign-language picture Oscar this spring-or indeed best picture.· Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film ever nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
· Warner Brothers has bought the rights to the animated Oscar winner.· Savouring her 1,440-vote capture of the Tory marginal, the double Oscar winner said yesterday her acting career was over.
VERB· It earned him an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor.· Writer-director-producer John Sayles deserves to earn a busload of Oscar nominations.· River Phoenix continues to be a miracle, having earned his Oscar nomination in Running on Empty.
· Chocolat has been nominated for five Oscars, so it's bound to get a lot of bums on seats.· He was nominated for an Oscar eight times - not many actors have achieved that.· Current release Howard's End, in which he plays an evil father, also has been nominated for an Oscar.· Mr Depardieu had been nominated for an Oscar.
· Dandridge was the first black to receive a best actress Oscar nomination.
· Sarandon just won a best actress Oscar for her performance.· Everybody thought I knew something after I won that old Oscar.· Arnie may not win many Oscars, but the big guy's action-packed movies sure make great computer games.· It is almost certain to win several Oscar nominations.
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