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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /buːn/

Definition 1:
• Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
Labels: in boon companion

Definition 2:
• Kind; bountiful; benign.
Labels: archaic

Definition 3:
• Good; prosperous.
Example: boon voyage
Labels: obsolete
Name

Definition 1:
• A surname

Definition 2:
• A township in Warrick County, Indiana, United States, named after settler Ratcliff Boon.

Definition 3:
• A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
Noun
Pronunciation: /buːn/

Definition 1:
• The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
Labels: uncountable
Noun
Pronunciation: /buːn/

Definition 1:
• A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
Example: Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers.
Example: Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: gift, blessing, benefit, benefaction, boon, concession, donative, fairing, grant, present, tithing
Wiktionary-listed antonyms: bane

Definition 2:
• That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.

Definition 3:
• A prayer; petition.
Labels: obsolete

Definition 4:
• An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
Labels: UK, dialectal

Definition 5:
• A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.
Labels: Hinduism

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boon