luxury

luxury
noun
1 comfort and pleasure
ADJECTIVE
▪ great, pure, sheer
▪

It was sheer luxury to step into a hot bath.

▪ ultimate
▪

the ultimate luxury of a sauna in your own home

▪ relative
▪

We lived in relative luxury.

▪ real
▪ modern
… OF LUXURY
▪ touch
▪

Silk sheets added the final touch of luxury.

VERB + LUXURY
▪ enjoy
▪

We enjoyed the luxury of an expensive bottle of wine.

▪ afford
▪

We can't afford such luxury.

▪ live in
▪ offer
▪

The resort offers luxury on a grand scale.

LUXURY + NOUN
▪ hotel
▪ car, coach (BrE), liner (BrE), sedan (AmE), yacht
▪ cruise
▪ apartment, flat (BrE), home
▪ goods, items
▪ brand
▪

people who can afford to buy luxury brands

PREPOSITION
▪ in luxury
▪

brought up in luxury

PHRASES
▪ have the luxury of (doing) sth
▪

He had the luxury of spending time at his family's summer home.

▪ a life of luxury
▪

He wasn't dead, but living a life of luxury in Australia.

▪ the lap of luxury
▪

You're certainly living in the lap of luxury!

2 sth expensive and unnecessary
ADJECTIVE
▪ expensive, unaffordable
▪ affordable
▪ little, simple, small
▪

one of life's little luxuries

▪ unnecessary
▪ rare
▪

Bathrooms were a rare luxury at that time.

▪ modern
VERB + LUXURY
▪ afford
▪

We can't afford luxuries.

▪ enjoy, have, indulge in
▪ do without
▪ miss
▪

He missed the simple luxuries of life, like regular meals.

LUXURY + NOUN
▪ tax
PHRASES
▪ have every luxury
▪

She's had every luxury in life.


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