beau·ty 
/ˈbju:ti/ noun
plural beau·ties /ˈbju:ti/ noun 1 [noncount] : the quality of being physically attractive
▪ Her beauty is beyond compare. [=she is very beautiful; no one is as beautiful as she is] — sometimes used before another noun ▪ beauty products [=soaps, makeup, and other things that help make people more physically attractive] ▪ a beauty treatment 2 : the qualities in a person or a thing that give pleasure to the senses or the mind [noncount] ▪ the beauty [=loveliness] of the stars ▪ We explored the natural beauty of the island. ▪ I'm learning to appreciate the beauty of poetry. ▪ We have different ideas/notions/conceptions of beauty. [=different opinions about what makes things beautiful] ▪ “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever…” — John Keats, Endymion (1818) [plural] ▪ We explored the natural beauties of the island. 3 [count] : a beautiful woman
▪ She was one of the great beauties of her time. ▪ She was no beauty. 4 [count] informal : a very good thing : a very good example of something
▪ That was a beauty of a fight. [=that was an excellent fight] ▪ Dad and I went fishing and we caught a couple of beauties. — often used in an ironic way to describe a bad thing or person ▪ That mistake was a beauty. 5 : a good or appealing part of something [noncount] ▪ The beauty of the game is that everyone can play. ▪ No one knows when it's going to happen, and that's the beauty of it! [count] ▪ One of the beauties of the system is that it allows you to adjust the schedule easily.
▪ Her beauty is beyond compare. [=she is very beautiful; no one is as beautiful as she is] — sometimes used before another noun ▪ beauty products [=soaps, makeup, and other things that help make people more physically attractive] ▪ a beauty treatment
▪ She was one of the great beauties of her time. ▪ She was no beauty.
▪ That was a beauty of a fight. [=that was an excellent fight] ▪ Dad and I went fishing and we caught a couple of beauties. — often used in an ironic way to describe a bad thing or person ▪ That mistake was a beauty.
