beauty

Universal Words noun (plural beauties) 1 [U] the quality of being pleasing to the senses or to the mind: the beauty of the sunset / of poetry / of his singing * a woman of great beauty * The woods were designated an area of outstanding natural beauty. * beauty products / treatment (= intended to make a person more beautiful) * The sheer beauty of the scenery took my breath away. 2 [C] a person or thing that is beautiful: She had been a beauty in her day. 3 [C] an excellent example of its type: That last goal was a beauty! 4 [C] a pleasing feature SYNADVANTAGE: One of the beauties of living here is that it's so peaceful. * The project will require very little work to start up; that's the beauty of it. IDIOMS beauty is in the eye of the beholder (saying) people all have different ideas about what is beautiful beauty is only skin-deep (saying) how sb looks is less important than their character