Definition of "beauty" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

   • 1988, "… beauty and recollection, like danger, glamour, greed, hunger- everything but disappointment and desire- were concepts belonging to other people.” -Second Son, Robert Ferro

2. Someone who is beautiful.

   • Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.

3. (in the plural) Those aspects or elements that make someone or something beautiful.

4. Something that is particularly good or pleasing.

   • What a goal! That was a real beauty!

5. An excellent or egregious example of something.

   • He got into a fight and ended up with two black eyes – two real beauties!

6. (with the definite article) The excellence or genius of a scheme or decision.

   • The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!

7. (particle physics, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).

8. Beauty treatment; cosmetology.

   • a hair and beauty salon

9. (obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.

10. (archaic, in the plural) Beautiful passages or extracts of poetry.

interjection

1. (Canada) Thanks!

2. (Canada) Cool!

   • It's the long weekend. Beauty!

adjective

1. (Canada) Of high quality, well done.

   • He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make beautiful.