Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - beauty

~ n 1 »APPEARANCE« a) a quality that a place or person has that makes them very attractive to look at  (Her beauty had faded over the years. | an area of outstanding natural beauty | beauty product/tip etc (=a product etc that is supposed to make you more beautiful)) b) old-fashioned a woman who is very beautiful  (She was considered a great beauty in her youth.) 2 »GOOD QUALITY« a quality that something such as a poem, song, emotion etc has, which gives you pleasure or joy  (the beauty of Shakespeare's verse) 3 »ADVANTAGE« the beauty of a particularly good quality that makes something especially suitable or useful  (The beauty of golf is that you can play it on your own.) 4 »GOOD EXAMPLE« spoken a very good example of something or an object that is a particularly good, large, or pleasant one of its type  (We had a turkey at Easter - a real beauty it was. | That black eye's a beauty, Justin!) 5 »APPROVAL« (you) beauty! AustrE spoken used to show that you are very pleased by something  (Look at this lunch. Beauty! | You beauty! You've made my day.) 6 beauty is in the eye of the beholder used to say that different people have different opinions about what is beautiful