- luxury
- noun1 comfort and pleasureADJECTIVE▪ 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 unnecessaryADJECTIVE▪ expensive, unaffordable▪ affordable▪ little, simple, small▪one of life's little luxuries
▪ unnecessary▪ rare▪Bathrooms were a rare luxury at that time.
▪ modernVERB + 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▪ taxPHRASES▪ have every luxury▪She's had every luxury in life.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
