"mortarboard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mortarboards [plural]
Etymology: From mortar + board. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mortar|board}} mortar + board Head templates: {{en-noun}} mortarboard (plural mortarboards)
  1. A rectangular board, with a handle, on which mortar or plaster is carried: a hawk. Translations (rectangular board with a handle): маламашка (malamaška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Mörtelbrett [neuter] (German), Reibebrett [neuter] (German), Traufel [feminine] (German), Glättkelle [feminine] (German), paca murarska [feminine] (Polish), соко́л (sokól) [masculine] (Russian), со́кол (sókol) [masculine] (Russian), соколо́к (sokolók) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mortarboard-en-noun-MuLqNUqo Disambiguation of 'rectangular board with a handle': 91 9
  2. An academic cap that has a flat square top with a tassel. Translations (cap): barrete (Galician), Sponsionshut [masculine] (German), Doktorhut [masculine] (German), biret [masculine] (Polish), mezuniyet kepi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-mortarboard-en-noun-WtxnnY7I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Headwear Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Headwear: 10 90 Disambiguation of 'cap': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cap [clothing, textiles, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, business] Synonyms (tool): hawk
Disambiguation of 'tool': 0 0

Inflected forms

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