collar.
Clothes that encircle the neck.
Meaning & usage
Clothes that encircle the neck. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
Clothes that encircle the neck. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
Clothes that encircle the neck. A chain worn around the neck.
Clothes that encircle the neck. A similar detachable item.
Clothes that encircle the neck. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
Clothes that encircle the neck. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
Make sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag.
Clothes that encircle the neck. A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
Clothes that encircle the neck. A hangman's knot.
A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
a collar of brawn
Any encircling device or structure.
A nylon collar kept the bolt from damaging the surface underneath.
Any encircling device or structure. A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
Any encircling device or structure. A ring or cincture.
Any encircling device or structure. A collar beam.
Any encircling device or structure. A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
An arrest.
A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet.
To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
To place a collar on, to fit with one.
Collar and leash aggressive dogs.
To surround or encircle.
To seize, capture or detain.
To steal.
To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
To arrest.
To bind in conversation.
I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.
To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.