(~s)
1.
According to some religions, ~ is a wonderful place where people go after they die, if they have led good lives.
The Koran describes ~ as a place containing a garden of delight...
= heaven
N-PROPER
2.
You can refer to a place or situation that seems beautiful or perfect as ~ or a ~.
...one of the world’s great natural ~s...
N-VAR
3.
You can use ~ to say that a place is very attractive to a particular kind of person and has everything they need for a particular activity.
The Algarve is a golfer’s ~...
N-COUNT: supp N
see also fool’s ~