(n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
(n.) Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.
(n.) Kind; bountiful; benign.
(n.) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
(n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fifty-three years on, he has a broad Yorkshire accent but still speaks fluent Urdu: a boon in a constituency containing places such as Bradford, where 20% of the population are of Pakistani heritage.
(2) Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which organises the Oscars, has said she’s “heartbroken” by the lack of diversity and that AMPAS will be taking “dramatic steps” to adjust the balance of its membership to include more black and ethnic minority film-makers.
(3) Public disillusionment with mainstream parties following the expenses scandal could prove a boon, she claims.
(4) He was saying something I couldn’t remember what it was," Boone said.
(5) A dodgy brown pitch is a boon to England, isn't it?
(6) The awards were announced by Rush and Thor star Chris Hemsworth and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
(7) Using the "paired-label" technique, described by Boone et al., approximatively 7.2.
(8) The shift out of agricultural jobs,” he writes, “while eventually a boon for virtually all of humanity, brought significant problems along the way.
(9) Representatives for the Academy didn’t immediately comment on Tuesday, but speaking to the New Yorker , Boone Isaacs said her initial feeling in the aftermath of the first best picture announcement was “horror”.
(10) The big change in Turkey has been seeing its turbulent past and physical location as a boon, rather than a bind, said Kalin.
(11) Apart from anything, there’s always been one or other or us going through major surgery.” Claire says having two new sisters has been a brilliant boon to her life.
(12) The Boon-Leigh procedure, involving condensation of a 6-chloro-5-nitropyrimidine (22) with an alpha-amino ketone (20 or 21) followed by reduction of the nitro group, cyclization, and L-glutamylation, led to the formation of 11-deazahomofolate (29) and its 10-methyl derivative (30).
(13) The molecular characterization of the first human cancer antigen recognized by CTL is now under way as outlined by Boon et al in this issue.
(14) Discussing the result, Martin Boon, of ICM Unlimited, said: “There is inevitably random variation between different polls, which generally falls within a ‘margin of error’ of plus or minus three points.
(15) But they are easy to miss amid the glut of MOR crooners – Nat King Cole, Pat Boone, Mel Torme, Frank Ifield yodeling his way through Hank Williams's Lovesick Blues – and the sound of the Joe Loss Orchestra.
(16) There is a case to be made against Trump that his populism is bullshit,” Favreau said, citing the nomination of billionaires and former Goldman Sachs executives to cabinet positions, which will be the wealthiest in US history, and moves to unravel the Dodd-Frank reform in a boon to Wall Street.
(17) In addition, community health centers create jobs and are a boon to local economies in communities that are often struggling.
(18) Disused rail lines may be reopened – or new ones commissioned – if the climate change that raises Britain's summer temperatures also proves a boon for domestic tourism.
(19) And they took him by each arm and by each leg and laid him down on the table and the fifth one strapped him in.” Neither Workman nor Boone could remember the name of the man who resisted.
(20) Clomiphene citrate has been a boon to womankind and deserves the confidence of both patient and physician: it is a drug with a record of utility and with but minor risks.
Toon
Definition:
() pl. of Toe.
(n.) The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Toon, on the other hand, are in a wee spot of temporary bother.
(2) Toon attempted to dissuade him from boxing by explaining its dangers.
(3) After pleading guilty to an unspecified lesser charge, Toon was sentenced to 75 days in jail.
(4) Texas pool party incident raises questions about wealth and race Read more Toon’s brother, Matthew, was quoted as telling reporters that his brother was innocent and had been at a cinema at the time of the incident.
(5) On the former front, the company's Angry Birds Toons channel launched in March within developer Rovio's various games, and by September had notched up more than 1bn views of its short cartoons and trailers.
(6) Photograph: Supplied Sean Toon was sentenced to more than nine months in jail after pleading guilty to killing and maiming prize farm animals and covering them in paint, according to court records in Texas .
(7) Yet according to court records, Toon pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief and was sentenced in August 2000 to 285 days in jail and fined $300.
(8) Freddy Shepherd and the ‘Toongate tapes’, 1998 Mahmood won Reporter of the Year in 1999 after he revealed that the Newcastle United chairman and his deputy had described women from Newcastle as “dogs”, mocked ex-manager Kevin Keegan for being like Shirley Temple and laughed at loyal supporters, known as the Toon Army, for buying expensive replica shirts.
(9) What stands out for me was that “Toon, Toon” song going on for twenty minutes.
(10) This represents from one-fifth toone-third of the need for services from organized programs among this groups.
(11) The head of the National Crime Agency, Donald Toon, notes that “the London property market has been skewed by laundered money.
(12) The home fixture between Newcastle United and Chelsea, at St James’ Park, was not a good Saturday for black Geordies to hit the Toon.
(13) As a teenager, Toon had two serious encounters with the criminal justice system.
(14) A Dallas County court clerk confirmed details of the case on Wednesday but was unable to confirm how long Toon served in jail.
(15) Meanwhile, children’s broadcasters from the BBC and Disney to Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are finding new digital ways to deliver their shows to children alongside their traditional channels, while startups like Hopster and Toon Goggles have launched mobile apps to deliver shows.
(16) The Toon get the ball rolling, then sailing through the air.
(17) The Toon need you.” Such messages were backed up an incessant two-word soundtrack set to the tune of La Bamba.
(18) The shadow home secretary welcomed the fact that May had bowed to the political pressure applied by Labour, including its decision to raise the issue at prime minister's questions and to call an opposition Commons debate toon Wednesday.
(19) Carroll was reported in today's Daily Star to have sent texts to Steve Wraith, editor of the Toon Talk fanzine, claiming he felt he had being forced out of the club.
(20) Luckily for the Toon, who had sent the big defenders upfield, City misplace their passes and Williamson eventually snuffs the move out.