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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

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘request for a favour’): from Old Norse bón.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   What is a boon in summer?

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   How do you describe a boon in a sentence?

   • Which is a great shame in some respects, but a great boon in others. A large alfresco dining area is a real boon in summer. You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone. 4 meanings: 1. something extremely useful, helpful, or beneficial; a blessing or benefit 2. archaic a favour; request 1. close,....

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   What's a boon for a small business?

   • Guide dogs are a great boon to the partially sighted. Spring rains are a boon to local farmers. It's a huge traffic boon for any publisher. Being in a state without personal income tax can be a boon. Tourism is a huge boon for small craft-companies -- a natural fit for an industry in which transparency is often the point.

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   noun. something extremely useful, helpful, or beneficial; a blessing or benefit. the car was a boon to him. archaic. a favour; request. he asked a boon of the king.

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   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." Boon derives from the Old Norse bón , a request for a favor.

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   boon in British English. (buːn ) noun. 1. something extremely useful, helpful, or beneficial; a blessing or benefit. online check-in is a boon for many travellers. 2. archaic. a favour; request. he asked a boon of the king.

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