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Word entry · 4 letters

boon

Best crossword clue

"Helpful blessing"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /buːn/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted bnooStarts with BEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2O3O4N

Definitions

  1. very close and convivial

Word origin

From Middle English boon (“prayer”), from Old Norse bón (“prayer, petition”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), influenced by boon (“good, favorable”, adjective). Doublet of ben; see there for more.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: gift; blessing, benefit; see also Thesaurus:gift
  • Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers.
  • Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery.

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