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/ˈkɒlə/
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/ˈkɔlə/
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/ˈkɑlɚ/
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/ˈkɒlɚ/
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/ˈkɔləɾ/
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/ˈkɒlə/
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/ˈkɔ̟lə/
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ˈkɒl.ə
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ˈkɑ.lɚ
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Noun
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Usage- Archaic
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A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
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a collar of brawn
Any encircling device or structure.
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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.
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.
Usage- 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.
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The collar was made less than twenty-four hours after the hunky bastards butchered the old man.
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.
Verb
To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
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To place a collar on, to fit with one.
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Collar and leash aggressive dogs.
(Follow me, don't follow me.) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush. (Collar me, don't collar me.) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush.
To surround or encircle.
To seize, capture or detain.
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To steal.
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"Ho, aboard the Salt Junk Sarah, Rollin" home across the line, The Bo'sun collared the Captain's hat And threw it in the brine.
To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
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To arrest.
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Britain’s police are especially zealous. Officers spend thousands of hours sifting through potentially offensive posts and arrest 30 people a day. Among those collared were a man who ranted about immigration on Facebook and a couple who criticised their daughter’s primary school.
To bind in conversation.
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I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.
They go in and lobby, collar the representatives and ask: are you for or against?
To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
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To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
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Noun
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
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(zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
anything worn or placed about the neck
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the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar
a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse
a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
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a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
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necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
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a figurative restraint
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asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market
kept a tight leash on his emotions
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he's always gotten a long leash
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
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the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
Verb
take into custody
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the police nabbed the suspected criminals
seize by the neck or collar
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furnish with a collar
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collar the dog