collar
Definitions
- neck (part of body connecting the head and the torso)
- 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.
- A surname.
- collar (part of a shirt fitting around the neck)
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A similar detachable item.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A hangman's knot.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- Any encircling device or structure.
- A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- A ring or cincture.
- A collar beam.
- A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
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Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing. in-compounds
- 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.
Equivalents
56 more languages
Беларускаякаўнер
Cymraegcoler
Esperantokolumo
Eestikrae
Suomidominoidahallitairtokauluskaulaillakaulainkaulaketjukaulapantakaularengaskaulurikauluslängetottaa kiinnipannoittaapantapuhuasilmussitoatyvi
Gàidhligcoilear
עבריתצווארון
Magyargallér
Íslenskakragi
ქართულისაყელო
ភាសាខ្មែរក
Кыргызчажака
ລາວຄໍ
Te Reo Māoriua
Монголзах
Bahasa Melayukolar
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਗਰੇਬਾਨ
Slovenčinagolier
Slovenščinaovratnik
Svenskakrage
Kiswahilikola
ئۇيغۇرچەياقا
Tiếng Việtcổ áo
Examples
“It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.”
“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.”
“Make⟳ sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag.”
“a collar of brawn”
“A nylon collar kept the bolt from damaging the surface underneath.”
“In this case, slide⟳ the collar of the flapper over the overflow tube until it seats against the bottom of the flush valve.”
“The collar was made less than twenty-four hours after the hunky bastards butchered the old man.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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