Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A square board with a handle used for holding and carrying masonry mortar.
- n. An academic cap topped by a flat square.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A board, generally square, used by masons to hold mortar for plastering.
- n. A square-crowned academic cap.
Wiktionary
- n. A square board, with a handle, on which mortar or plaster is carried: a hawk.
- n. An academic cap that has a flat square top with a tassel
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small square board with a handle beneath, for holding mortar; a hawk; used by masons to hold or carry mortar.
- n. An academic cap topped by broad, projecting, stiff and flat square top, with a tassel attached to the top and hanging down. It was once worn by students in some colleges, but is now worn usually only at graduation ceremonies.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
- n. an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top
Examples
“I'm looking forward to reading the "mortarboard" version after the Copenhagen conference.”
“Franz Mayer insisted on a three-month curing time for the "mortarboard," which accounts for the long lag time between demolition and installation.”
“And they put a mortarboard on her chair in the front row.”
“But then, says our man with the mortarboard, it could also be a dull affair with little direct questioning and quite a few empty seats.”
“We have a video of me standing silently on stage, my mortarboard crooked, the tassel hanging in my face, my eyes like those of a deer caught in headlights.”
Simon & Schuster: Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear
“When Melanie Liley donned mortarboard and gown to graduate with a degree in business studies last week, it was the end of five years of juggling essays and revision with a full-time job in marketing.”
“However, I would accessorize -- sometimes, with a graduation-cap mortarboard, or a Roman laurel wreath, or an enormous prom corsage.”
The Washington Post: Courting trouble: It's confirmed -- Gene is a jerk
“As tassels are moved from one side of their mortarboard to the other, the ritual of the transition to college life begins.”
The Huffington Post: Brian Harke: High School to College Transition, Part 1: The Freshman Myth
“For some graduating seniors of the Class of 1970, there would be no joyful mortarboard tosses, posing for photos with proud parents, or late-night celebration parties.”
The Huffington Post: Kent State Graduates Get Their Commencement, 40 Years After Shootings
“Christopher Smart, wearing his "everyday" mortarboard”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘mortarboard’.
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