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2 ADJ If you describe something as beautiful , you mean that it is very attractive or pleasing. □  New England is beautiful. □  It was a beautiful morning. ●  beau|ti|ful|ly /bjuː t I fli/ ADV [usu ADV after v] □  The children behaved beautifully. □  …a beautifully clear, sunny day.

3 ADJ You can describe something that someone does as beautiful when they do it very skilfully. □  That's a beautiful shot! ●  beau|ti|ful|ly ADV [ADV after v, ADV -ed] □  Arsenal played beautifully.

beau|ti|fy /bjuː t I fa I / (beautifies , beautifying , beautified ) VERB If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Claire worked to beautify the garden.

beau|ty ◆◇◇ /bjuː ti/ (beauties )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful. □  …an area of outstanding natural beauty. □  Everyone admired her elegance and her beauty.

2 N‑COUNT A beauty is a beautiful woman. [JOURNALISM ] □  She is known as a great beauty.

3 N‑COUNT 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] 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 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.

bea u|^ty con|test (beauty contests ) N‑COUNT A beauty contest is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.

bea u|^ty pag|eant (beauty pageants ) N‑COUNT A beauty pageant is the same as a beauty contest . [AM ]

bea u|^ty par|lour (beauty parlours ) in AM, use beauty parlor N‑COUNT 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.

bea u|^ty queen (beauty queens ) N‑COUNT A beauty queen is a woman who has won a beauty contest.

bea u|^ty sa|lon (beauty salons ) N‑COUNT A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour .

bea u|^ty shop (beauty shops ) N‑COUNT A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour . [AM ]

bea u|^ty spot (beauty spots )

1 N‑COUNT 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.

2 N‑COUNT A beauty spot is a small, dark spot on the skin which is supposed to add to a woman's beauty.

bea|ver /biː və ^r / (beavers , beavering , beavered )

1 N‑COUNT A beaver is a furry animal with a big flat tail and large teeth. Beavers use their teeth to cut wood and build dams in rivers.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Beaver is the fur of a beaver. □  …a coat with a huge beaver collar.

▸  beaver away PHRASAL VERB If you are beavering away at something, you are working very hard at it. □ [V P + at/on ] For more than a decade, Avery has been beavering away at an epic project. □ [V P ] They are beavering away to get everything ready for us.

be|bop /biː bɒp/ N‑UNCOUNT Bebop is a form of jazz music with complex harmonies and rhythms. The abbreviation bop is also used.

be|calmed /b I kɑː md/

1 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If a sailing ship is becalmed , it is unable to move because there is no wind. □  We were becalmed off Dungeness for several hours.