mortarboard
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mortarboard, fat board, spot board
A board, usually set on legs to form a table, used to mix lime putty and gauging plaster.
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mortarboard
closefitting cap with flat square piece and tassel; part of academic costume. [Am. and Br. Culture: Misc.]
See: Education
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