Collar

Word COLLAR
Character 6
Hyphenation col lar
Pronunciations /ˈkɒl.ə/

Definitions and meanings of "Collar"

What do we mean by collar?

The part of a garment that encircles the neck, especially when raised or folded. noun

A tight-fitting necklace. noun

A restraining or identifying band of leather, metal, or plastic put around the neck of an animal. noun

The cushioned part of a harness that presses against the shoulders of a draft animal. noun

An encircling structure or bandlike marking, as around the neck of an animal, suggestive of a collar. noun

Any of various ringlike devices used to limit, guide, or secure a machine part. noun

An arrest, as of a criminal. noun

To furnish with a collar. transitive verb

To seize or detain. transitive verb

To arrest (a criminal, for example). transitive verb

To seize by the collar.

To put a collar on.

To roll up and bind (a piece of meat): as, to collar beef. See collared beef, under collared.

In racing slang, to draw up to; get even with or be neck-and-neck with in racing.

In cricket, to become complete master of (the bowling): said of the batsman.

Anything that encircles the neck.

A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.

Any encircling device or structure.

(in compounds) 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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Collar

The word "collar" in example sentences

Police still haven't confirmed the device was a a bomb, but they called the bomb squad and evacuated houses nearby, so media reports are leading with the phrase "collar bomb." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Inside the collar is a woven small darkmaroon label that reads Arsenal. ❋ Azmie Aka Switch Image (2009)

Two of them the collar is awesome on and once conditioned I dont have to use it very often at all. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The shirt has a polo collar, and inside the collar is a high quality woven small blue label that reads Arsenal, while engineered in to the side seam is a small label featuring two Arsenal canons either side of the club motto, ‘Victoria Concordia Crescit,’ which translates as ‘Victory Through Harmony’ flanked by two canons. ❋ Azmie Aka Switch Image (2009)

With a few yellow and black band runnig across the chest, with the collar is all white. ❋ Azmie Aka Switch Image (2008)

When trout rivers churn with early-season runoff, a large (4 - to 6-inch) nightcrawler hooked once through the collar is the classic approach. ❋ Unknown (1999)

And many more -- I talked to one county sheriff who was in what we call a collar county around St. Louis where he said that his sheriff's department would take down 200 meth labs in that one county during the year. ❋ Unknown (2001)

I've always felt that an E-collar is a training device, no different than a pinch collar or place board, that can improve the performance of a gun dog. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The collar is a great tool to reinforce what the dog has already been trained to do. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He says that cone collar is really irritating but you won't have to wear it for more than a day or two. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Operating the scan collar is a little like holding the lid of a jam jar, a nudge a few degrees clockwise jumps you forward, a nudge a few degree anti-clockwise jumps you backwards. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The collar is about an inch wide, itself covered tightly with lace, fastening at the back with Velcro and thus adjustable. ❋ Jean (2009)

Hook it through the collar -- run the point of your hook just under the collar from the back of the head toward the tail -- not too deep or you'll kill the cricket. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And the first shock it delivers will come while the collar is clasped around my leg. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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