1. (n.)collar the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
2. collar a similar but separate, detachable article of clothing worn around the neck or at the neckline of a garment.
3. collar anything worn or placed around the neck.
4. collar a leather or metal band or a chain, fastened around the neck of an animal, used esp. as a means of restraint or identification.
6. collar Zool. any of various collarlike markings or structures around the neck; torque.
7. collar a raised area of metal for reinforcing a weld.
8. collar a raised rim at the end of a roll in a rolling mill to check lateral expansion of the metal being rolled.
9. collar a short ring formed on or fastened over a rod or shaft as a locating or holding part.
10. collar the upper rim of a borehole, shot hole, or mine shaft.
11. collar an arrest; capture.
12. (v.t.)collar to put a collar on; furnish with a collar.
13. collar to seize by the collar or neck.
14. collar to detain in conversation.
15. collar to place under arrest.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME coler < AF; OF colier < L collāre neckband, collar)
Definition of 'Collar'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)collar, neckband a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
2. (noun)collar (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
3. (noun)collar anything worn or placed about the neck "the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar"; "a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse"
4. (noun)collar a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
5. (noun)collar, shoe collar the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
6. (noun)collar a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
7. (noun)choker, collar, dog collar, neckband necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
8. (noun)collar, leash a figurative restraint "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash"
9. (verb)apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
10. (verb)collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop take into custody "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
1. (noun)collar the part of a shirt that folds over at the neck with his collar unbuttoned
2. collar a strap fastened around an animal's neck a dog collar
Definition of 'Collar'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Collar something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog
2. (noun)Collar a ring or cincture
3. (noun)Collar a collar beam
4. (noun)Collar the neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
5. (noun)Collar an ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order
6. (noun)Collar a ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus
7. (noun)Collar a colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal
8. (noun)Collar a ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars
9. (noun)Collar 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
10. (noun)Collar a curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft