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Uncommonboon
The correct spelling is boon.
How to pronounce boon
noun
IPA: /buːn/
Say it like: Boo-n
The correct spelling is boon. A prayer; petition. For example: "Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery."
Usage Examples
“Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery.”
“boon voyage”
Meanings
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.
- 4.An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
- 5.The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
adjective
- 1.Good; prosperous.
- 2.Kind; bountiful; benign.
- 3.(Now only in boon companion) gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
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