English Explanatory Dictionary

mortarboard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

Word forms

mortarboard mortarboards

Etymology

From mortar + board.

Synonyms

hawk cap

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