heaven

5 definitions • 3 examples

in some religions, the place, sometimes imagined to be in the sky, where God or the gods live and where good people are believed to go after they die, so that they can enjoy perfect happiness

a situation that gives you great pleasure:

I just lay in the sun for a week and did nothing - it was heaven.

the sky:

We stared up at the heavens trying to see the comet.

(in some religions) the place where God or the gods live or where good people are believed to go after they die, sometimes thought to be in the sky

Heaven is also something that gives you great pleasure:

It was heaven lying there in the sunshine listening to the birds sing.