Sekirov Dictionary

collar

UK /ˈkɒlə/US /ˈkɑlɚ/

noun22

  1. the band of material that goes around the top of a shirt or coat, next to the neck
  2. Clothes that encircle the neck.
  3. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
  4. A chain worn around the neck.
  5. A similar detachable item.
  6. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
  7. [in compounds] Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
  8. Any encircling device or structure.
  9. A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
  10. A ring or cincture.
  11. A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
  12. (slang) An arrest.
  13. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
  14. A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
  15. A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
  16. A collar beam.
  17. The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
  21. A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
  22. (no longer used) A hangman's knot.

verb10

  1. To place a collar on, to fit with one.
  2. To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
  3. To seize, capture or detain.
  4. To arrest.
  5. (figurative) To bind in conversation.
  6. To surround or encircle.
  7. To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
  8. To steal.
  9. To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
  10. To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
forms

collared · collaring · collareth · collars

Phrases with collar

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