Definitions for boons

boons boon

Spelling: [boon]
IPA: /bun/

Boons is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in boons (bnoos).

Definitions for boons

noun

  1. something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
  2. something that is asked; a favor sought.
  3. the ligneous waste product obtained by braking and scutching flax.

adjective

  1. jolly; jovial; convivial:
  2. Archaic. kindly; gracious; bounteous.

Origin of boons

1125-75; Middle English bone Old Norse bōn prayer; cognate with Old English bēn

Examples for boons

Apple is already positioning egg freezing as a boon to women at the company.

Adding vehicles to the grid could be a boon to vehicle and fleet owners in several ways.

The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.

I am never so surrounded by boon companions as when I am all alone.

The bearer of this gift is entitled to claim any boon from Isabella.

The boon I crave is that you will place it in my hands and let me die still grasping it.

And is that the only boon you crave at my hands, Mr. Kirkwood?

Now they do business year round, which has been a boon in times of economic crisis.

boon Clatterbuck throwing his whiskey bottle away, Jack Teagarden almost clearing his throat.

Let us go to Montcalm, and demand admission: he dare not deny a child the boon.

Word Value for boons
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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