boon
IPA: bˈun
noun
- A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
- (archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
- (obsolete) A prayer; petition.
- (Britain, dialectal) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
- (Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.
- The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
- A surname
- A township in Warrick County, Indiana, United States, named after settler Ratcliff Boon.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
- (slang) Clipping of sheboon. [(slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An ugly, fat or stupid black woman.]
adjective
- (now only in boon companion) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
- (archaic) Kind; bountiful; benign.
- (obsolete) Good; prosperous.
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Examples of "boon" in Sentences
- David Boon was man of the match.
- It was also the dissertation of Boon.
- The boon works if he remains celibate.
- The third boon is found only in the folk rituals.
- The county is named for frontiersman Daniel Boone.
- Chests in the game are both a bane and a boon to the player.
- The ultimate boon is the achievement of the goal of the quest.
- Boon Point is the northernmost point on the island of Antigua.
- The deity is believed to grant boons for the childless couples.
- Life is a boon that was given to procreate and fulfill responsibilities.
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