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🎓 Graduation Cap
Also known as: Graduate, College, Mortar Board, Square Academic Cap, University
Unicode: U+1F393
Description
A graduation cap, worn on the head of students graduating from college or university. Known in some locations as a mortar board with tassel. An early Apple design displayed a graduation shirt instead of a graduation cap.
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Version Information
Emoji Version:1.0
Unicode Version:6.0
Keywords
capcelebrationclothinggraduationhat
Shortcodes
Platform | Shortcode | Action |
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Emojipedia | :graduation_cap: | |
GitHub | :mortar_board: | |
Slack | :mortar_board: | |
Discord | :mortar_board: |
Additional Information
Category:Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs -> Celebration symbols
Definition:
A graduation cap, worn on the head of students graduating from college or university. Known in some locations as a mortar board with tassel. http://emojipedia.org/graduation-cap/
Verbs:
- To acquire knowledge on a subject.
- To acquire knowledge or ability.
- Gain knowledge or skills
- To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
- Be dressed in
- Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
- To obtain an academic degree upon completion of one's studies.
- Educate in or as if in a school
Nouns:
- The square academic cap, graduate cap, cap, or mortarboard or Oxford cap, is an item of academic head dress consisting of a horizontal square board fixed upon a skull-cap, with a tassel attached to the center.
- An academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top
- An academic cap that has a flat square top with a tassel.
- A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of one.
- Institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
- An institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university
- An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
- Educational institute
- Type of headgear
- A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.
- A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either having no brim or with a visor.
- A cap is a form of headgear.