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boon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | blessing |
| Type of | good fortune, good luck, luckiness |
| Has types | mercy |
a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors.
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boon companions.
Examples of boon
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Passage of time is a boon for another entity indirectly involved in the project.
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This complex is a boon to America but a drain on fledgling industries elsewhere.
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The recent wild gyrations in the stock market have been a boon for one start-up.
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He believes the funding has also been a boon for biomedical research in general.
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Such lights are a boon for country driving as are the washers on unsealed roads.
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Not only will this be a boon for the locals but for the surrounding communities.
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Although meat is a health problem in the West, to many poor nations it's a boon.
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Some, however, are actually finding the recession to be a boon to their careers.
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The extract could be a boon for oral health when added to chewing gum and mints.
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- Blessing: a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"
- Very close and convivial; "boon companions"
- The Boon Brewery (Brouwerij F. Boon) is a Belgian brewery situated in Lembeek, near Brussels, that mainly produces geuze and kriek beer of a fairly traditional variety, but using distinctly modern brewing techniques and equipment. ...
- Boon is a British television drama series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV.
- A blessing or benefit; that which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present; a prayer or petition; good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage"; kind; bountiful; benign; gay; merry; jovial; convivial
- (n.) a gift or blessing (The good weather has been a boon for many businesses located near the beach.)
- A wish usually granted by a god to any person. However, in Thai, the word boon means merit, as in the word "tham-boon" (making merit).
- The sitting place, the cross-piece on which the paddler sits.
- A request for a favor; the favor granted.
