belles

noun

plural of belle
as in peaches

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  1. peaches
  2. charmers
  3. beauties
  4. goddesses
  5. queens
Noun
  • Build simple meals around tomatoes, peaches, corn, herbs, zucchini, and berries, letting fresh ingredients shine.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026
  • This peach lemonade uses the same method as our strawberry version, calling to cook down peaches and sugar into a peachy-keen syrup that’s also perfect for mixing into summer cocktails.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
Definition of peaches
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  • Why so many charmers, devious or otherwise?
    — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The filmmaker’s passion for foolhardy underdogs and train-wreck charmers electrifies this tale of a postwar striver (an unbelievable Timothée Chalamet) trying to make his name in table tennis.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of charmers
Noun
  • Shopping market editor Kate McGregor’s new favorite sheets, these scalloped percale beauties from Rebecca Udall, are 50% off right now.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026
  • These low-maintenance garden beauties require less pruning, deadheading, and pest management to keep them looking good.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
Definition of beauties
Noun
  • Does anyone remember that Scylla and Charybdis are not monsters but goddesses?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
  • Regardless, fashion history is rife with references to the goddesses and mortals who populate these monumental tales.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 July 2026
Definition of goddesses
Noun
  • One of those challenges that queens do get to banter with Ru is the Snatch Game.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
  • Necklaces and jewelry owned by other French queens, including Empress Marie Louise, Marie-Amélie, and Hortense Bonaparte, were also taken.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of queens
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