mortarboard
Word forms: mortarboards
countable noun
A mortarboard is a stiff, black cap which has a flat, square top with a bunch of threads attached to it. In the United States, mortarboards are worn by students at graduation ceremonies at high schools, colleges, and universities.
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- get over
- get over with
- get religion
- get rid of sb
- get rid of sth
- get round
- get round to
- get sb into bed
- get/set one's house in order
- get short shrift
- get shot of something or someone
- get someone's goat
- get something off the ground
- get something off your chest
- get something off your chest
- get something out of one's system
- get something out of your system
- get so the bird
- get sth into one's head
- get sth straight
- get stuck in
- get/take/have the measure of sb/sthg
- get the axe
- get the ball rolling
- get the ball rolling/set the ball rolling