ACADEMIC COSTUME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does academic costume mean? 

• ACADEMIC COSTUME (noun)
  The noun ACADEMIC COSTUME has 1 sense:

1. a costume worn on formal occasions by the faculty or students of a university or college

  Familiarity information: ACADEMIC COSTUME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACADEMIC COSTUME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A costume worn on formal occasions by the faculty or students of a university or college

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("academic costume" is a kind of...):

costume (the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class)

Meronyms (parts of "academic costume"):

academic gown; academic robe; judge's robe (a gown worn by academics or judges)

mortarboard (an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top)