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mortarboard

noun

Meaning

  1. A square board, with a handle, on which mortar or plaster is carried: a hawk.
  2. An academic cap that has a flat square top with a tassel.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

cap(English)mortar(English)mortarman(English)life mortar(English)mortarium(English)mortress(English)meteor(English)mounture(English)trencher(English)tassel(English)tassels(English)gown(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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