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    boon
    /buːn/

    noun

    • 1. a thing that is helpful or beneficial: "the route will be a boon to many travellers"
    • 2. a favour or request. archaic

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBOON | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    BOON definition: 1. something that is very helpful and improves the quality of life: 2. something that is very…. Learn more.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryBOON | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    BOON meaning: 1. something that is very helpful and improves the quality of life: 2. something that is very…. Learn more.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › boonBoon Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of BOON is a timely benefit : blessing. How to use boon in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBOON definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone. It is for this reason that television proves such a boon to so many people. This battery booster is a boon for photographers.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › boonBoon - definition of boon by The Free Dictionary

    Define boon. boon synonyms, boon pronunciation, boon translation, English dictionary definition of boon. n. 1. A benefit bestowed, especially one bestowed in response to a request. 2. A timely blessing or benefit: A brisk breeze is a boon to sailors. adj.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionboon noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of boon noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryBOON - Definition & Translations | Collins English Dictionary

    noun: (= blessing) gran ayuda [...] A complete guide to the word "BOON": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › boonBoon - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    Boon means something beneficial to a specific person, entity, or cause. "Getting called out of school on the day of the test was a boon for Sam, as he hadn't remembered to study."

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › boon_adjboon, adj. & adv. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    What does the word boon mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word boon, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › boon_n1boon, n.¹ meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    Through such phrases as ‘ask a boon’, ‘have one's boon’, ‘grant a boon’, taken without analysis, the sense easily passed, by insensible transitions, from ‘prayer’, to ‘favour asked’, ‘favour conferred’, ‘free gift,’ ‘good thing received’. The adjective boon ‘good’ probably aided in this development. Notes