boon
/buːn/
noun
- 1
A prayer; petition.
- 2
That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
- 3
A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
“Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery.”
- 4
An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
Antonyms
adjective
- 1
Good; prosperous.
“boon voyage”
- 2
Kind; bountiful; benign.
- 3
(Now only in boon companion) gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
noun
- 1
The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
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