beauty

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♦ beau|ty /bj'uːti/ (beauties)
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Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful.
...an area of outstanding natural beauty...
Everyone admired her elegance and her beauty.
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A beauty is a beautiful woman. (JOURNALISM)
She is known as a great beauty.
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You can say that something is a beauty when you think it is very good. (INFORMAL)
The pass was a real beauty, but the shot was poor.
4 [N-COUNT] usu pl, with supp
The beauties of something are its attractive qualities or features. (LITERARY)
He was beginning to enjoy the beauties of nature.
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
Beauty is used to describe people, products, and activities that are concerned with making women look beautiful.
Additional beauty treatments can be booked in advance.
6 [N-COUNT] usu the N of n
If you say that a particular feature is the beauty of something, you mean that this feature is what makes the thing so good.
There would be no effect on animals-that's the beauty of such water-based materials.
= advantagebeau|ty con|test (beauty contests)
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A beauty contest is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.beau|ty pag|eant (beauty pageants)
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A beauty pageant is the same as a beauty contest. (AM)beau|ty par|lour (beauty parlours)
in AM, use beauty parlor
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A beauty parlour is a place where women can go to have beauty treatments, for example to have their hair, nails or make-up done.
= beauty salonbeau|ty queen (beauty queens)
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A beauty queen is a woman who has won a beauty contest.beau|ty sa|lon (beauty salons)
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A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.beau|ty shop (beauty shops)
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A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour. (AM)beau|ty spot (beauty spots)
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A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
The Valley of Vinales is a lush and fertile valley and one of Cuba's finest beauty spots.
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A beauty spot is a small, dark spot on the skin which is supposed to add to a woman's beauty.

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