beauty
beauty is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
- 2.A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman. All the admired beauties of Verona. Shak.
- 3.Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.] She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. Jer. Taylor. Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alembic
- alveary
- armory
- atelier
- beehive
- bindery
- branch
- bureau
- business
- cabinet
- caldron
- cannery
- crucible
- dock
- dockyard
- factory
- forcing
- forge
- foundery
- foundry
- furnace
- hive
- hotbed
- hothouse
- industry
- institute
- kitchen
- lab
- laboratory
- list
- loom
- manufactory
- matrix
- mill
- mint
- nailery
- nursery
- office
- parlor
- pit
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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