Collar

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈkÉ’l.É™/
• US IPA: /ˈkÉ‘.lÉš/, /ˈkÉ’l.Éš/
• Rhymes: -É’lÉ™(ɹ)
• Homophones: caller some accents

Origin

From Middle English coler, from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Latin collare, from collum ("neck"). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, "neck"), Old English heals ("neck"). More at halse.

Full definition of collar

Noun

1. Anything that encircles the neck.
1. 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.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 5, Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
2. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
3. A chain worn around the neck.
4. A similar detachable item.
5. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
6. 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.
7. A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
8. A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
   a collar of brawn
9. (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
   A nylon collar kept the bolt from damaging the surface underneath.
1. (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
2. (architecture) A ring or cincture.
3. (architecture) A collar beam.
4. (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
10. (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
11. (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
12. A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
13. (nautical) 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.

Derived terms

Related terms

• accolade

Verb

1. (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
2. (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.Collar and leash aggressive dogs.
3. (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
4. (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
5. (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
6. (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.
7. (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
8. (BDSM) To bind a submissive to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.

Derived terms

• collaring