boon
noun /buːn/
/buːn/
- boon (to/for somebody) something that is very helpful and makes life easier for you
- The new software will prove a boon to internet users.
Extra Examples- The building scheme comes as an enormous boon for the building industry.
- These machines have proved a real boon to disabled people.
- The Christmas season is always a boon for minor actors.
- The new software will be an enormous boon to home computer users.
- Wildlife in your garden can be a real boon.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- huge
- real
- …
- be
- prove
- boon for
- boon to
Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘request for a favour’): from Old Norse bón.