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boon
/bun/
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What does boon mean?
noun
- A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
- That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
- An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
More meanings (9)
noun
- 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.
- (obsolete) A prayer; petition.
adjective
- Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
- (archaic) Kind; bountiful; benign.
- (obsolete) Good; prosperous.
proper noun
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/bun/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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FAIRFAX Why, sir, it is no light boon to die swiftly and surely at a given hour and in a given fashion!
Why, clearly, he said, then he and his boon companions, whether male or female, will be maintained out of his father’s estate.
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But this boon to Ireland, it is to be hoped, has been granted under more fortunate auspices than all those to America.
There would be no difficulty, however, of instituting a private Mont de Piete, which would confer an incalculable boon upon the struggling poor.
He who advances the work from the phase of a promising idea, to that of a common boon, is entitled to our gratitude.