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Definitions for mortarboard
ˈmɔr tərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrdmor·tar·board

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mortarboard, hawknoun

    a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

  2. mortarboardnoun

    an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top

Wiktionary

  1. mortarboardnoun

    A square board, with a handle, on which mortar or plaster is carried: a hawk.

  2. mortarboardnoun

    An academic cap that has a flat square top with a tassel

Wikipedia

  1. mortarboard

    The square academic cap, graduate cap, cap, mortarboard (because of its similarity in appearance to the mortarboard used by brickmasons to hold mortar) or Oxford cap is an item of academic dress consisting of a horizontal square board fixed upon a skull-cap, with a tassel attached to the centre. In the UK and the US, it is commonly referred to informally in conjunction with an academic gown as a "cap and gown". It is also sometimes termed a square,: 17  trencher,: 17 : 915  or corner-cap. The adjective academical is also used.The cap, together with the gown and sometimes a hood, now form the customary uniform of a university graduate in many parts of the world, following a British model.

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  1. mortarboard

    A mortarboard is a type of academic cap that consists of a flat square board fixed on a skull-cap with a tassel attached to the center. It is typically worn by graduates at their graduation ceremonies, symbolizing completion of a certain level of education such as high school, college, or university. The name comes from its similarity in appearance to the tool used by masons to hold mortar.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mortarboard in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mortarboard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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