mortarboard
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tərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd
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mortarboard (ˈmɔːtəˌbɔːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a black tasselled academic cap with a flat square top covered with cloth |
| 2. | Also called: hawk a small square board with a handle on the underside for carrying mortar |
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Mortarboard
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example sentences
Tapper not only made appearances at civic events, he donned a mortarboard and became an online tutor for local schoolchildren.
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