Dictionary Definition
collar
Noun
1 a band that fits around the neck and is usually
folded over [syn: neckband]
2 a band of leather or rope that is placed around
an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
4 a figurative restraint; "asked for a collar on
program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his
emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash" [syn: leash]
5 the act of apprehending (especially
apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for
the collar" [syn: apprehension, arrest, catch, pinch, taking
into custody]
Verb
1 take into custody; "the police nabbed the
suspected criminals" [syn: nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop]
2 seize by the neck or collar
3 furnish with a collar; "collar the dog"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒlə(r)
Noun
- The part of a shirt or jacket that fits around the neck and throat.
- A similar detachable item
- Anything that encircles the neck.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain the
animal and/or for identification.
- Make sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag.
- See also a Wikipedia article on w horse collar.
- Make sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of the draft animal.
- In the context of "technology": Any encircling device or
structure.
- A nylon collar kept the bolt from damaging the surface underneath.
- In the context of "in compounds": Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions; see -collar.
Translations
part of clothing around throat
- Bosnian: kragna , vratnik , ovratnik , okovratnik
- Czech: límec
- Dutch: kraag , boord , halsboord
- Esperanto: kolumo
- Finnish: kaulus
- French: col
- German: Kragen
- Hebrew: צווארון (tzavaron)
- Italian: bavero , bavera , collo , colletto
- Japanese: 襟 (えり, eri), カラー (karā)
- Polish: kołnierz
- Russian: ворот , воротник
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic:
овратник ,
оковратник
- Roman: ovratnik , okovratnik
- Cyrillic:
овратник ,
оковратник
- Slovene: ovratnik
- Swedish: halsband
detachable collar
- Finnish: irtokaulus, kauluri
device for restraining animal
- Slovene: ovratnica
part of harness
- Finnish: länget
any encircling device or structure
- ttbc Dutch: boord (witteboorden-)
- ttbc Estonian: kraest haarama, kinni nabima
- ttbc Indonesian: kerah, krah
Verb
Translations
seize or detain
bind in conversation
- Finnish: tavoittaa
Derived terms
- blue-collar
- bottle collar
- brass-collar
- choke collar
- collar stud
- collarbone
- collared lizard
- collaring
- dog collar
- equity collar
- Eton collar
- feel someone's collar
- flea collar
- floatation collar
- head collar
- hot under the collar
- interest rate collar
- mandarin collar
- Peter pan collar
- pink-collar
- Roman collar
- sailor collar
- shawl collar
- storm collar
- Vandyke collar
- white-collar
- white-collar crime
- wing collar
Spanish
Noun
- necklace
- dog collar for a dog.
Extensive Definition
A collar is something which goes around the
neck of a person, animal,
or thing (such as a bottle).
Specifically, collar may mean:
- Collar (clothing), the part of a garment that fastens around or frames the neck.
- Collar (animal), a strap for an animal's neck to which a leash or harness may be attached.
- Collar (BDSM), a device of any material placed around the neck of the submissive partner in BDSM.
- Collar (jewelry), an ornament for the neck, especially a close-fitting necklace popular in the Edwardian period and sporadically thereafter, or a livery collar worn around the neck and shoulders as a mark of office.
- Cervical collar is a supporting device used by medicine in cases of trauma or weakness of the neck spine
- Collar (finance), a combination of an equal number of call and put options at slightly different exercise prices.
- Collars is also used metonymically (and usually in a derogatory manner) to refer to members of the clergy.
- Collars are a mechanical piece in a gearbox which engages the gears of the driveshaft onto the layshaft of the gearbox.
- Collar can also mean to arrest or charge a perpetrator with a crime.
collar in Spanish: Collar
collar in Dutch: Kraag
collar in German: Kragen
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Oregon boat, Roman collar, anklet, apprehend, appropriate, armlet, armory, arrest, back band, backstrap, badge, badge of office, badges, bag, band, bandanna, baton, bearing rein, bellyband, belt, bertha, bilbo, bit, blazonry, blinders, blinds, boa, bond, bonds, bottle up, bowtie, bracelet, brassard, breakers, breeching, bridle, bust, button, button-down collar,
cabbage, camisole, cap and gown,
caparison, capture, cavesson, celluloid collar,
chain, chain of office,
chains, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, choke, choker, cinch, cincture, cingulum, class ring, clerical
collar, clout, cockade, collarband, comforter, cop, cravat, cross, crownband, crupper, cuffs, curb, decoration, dog collar,
dress, eagle, earring, ecliptic, emblems, ensigns, equator, fasces, fascia, fetter, figurehead, fillet, finger ring,
fleur-de-lis, foam,
four-in-hand, froth,
fur, gag, gag swivel, get, girdle, girt, girth, grab, great circle, guimpe, gyves, hackamore, halter, hames, hametugs, hammer and sickle,
hamper, handcuffs, harness, head, headgear, headstall, heraldry, hip straps, hobbles, hook, hoop, hopples, insignia, irons, jaquima, jerk line, kerchief, lapel pin, lather, leading strings, leash, lift, lines, livery, mace, make a pinch, manacle, mantle, markings, martingale, medal, meringue, mortarboard, mousse, muffler, muzzle, nab, nail, neckband, neckcloth, neckerchief, necklace, neckpiece, necktie, nip, nose ring, noseband, offscum, old school tie, pick
up, pillory, pin, pinch, plunging neckline, pole
strap, puff, pull in, put
under arrest, quoit,
regalia, reins, restraint, restraints, ribbons, ring, rose, ruff, run in, saddle, scarf, school ring, scud, scum, sea foam, secure, shackle, shaft tug, shamrock, side check, sigillography, skull and
crossbones, snaffle,
soapsuds, souffle, sphragistics, spindrift, spoondrift, spray, spume, staff, steal, stinging, stock, stocks, stole, straightjacket,
strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, suds, surcingle, surf, swastika, tack, tackle, take, take in, take into custody,
take prisoner, tallith,
tartan, tether, thistle, tie, tippet, trammel, trammels, trappings, tree, tucker, tug, uniform, verge, wand, white water, winker braces,
wristband, wristlet, yoke, zodiac, zone