Collar Definition
kŏlər
collars
noun
collars
The part of a garment that encircles the neck.
Webster's New World
A cloth band or folded-over piece attached to the neck of a garment.
Webster's New World
A tight-fitting necklace.
American Heritage
An ornamental band, chain, or circlet worn around the neck.
Webster's New World
A band of leather or metal for the neck of a dog, cat, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- shoe collar
- neckband
- dog-collar
- choker
- leash
- pinch
- arrest
- taking into custody
- catch
- apprehension
- bowtie
- clerical-collar
- peter pan collar
- eton collar
- vandyke collar
verb
collars
To put a collar on.
Webster's New World
To seize by the collar.
Webster's New World
To take hold or control of; seize or capture.
Webster's New World
To arrest (a criminal, for example).
American Heritage
To stop and delay by talking to.
Webster's New World
idiom
go for the collar
- to go without a hit in a game
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Collar
- go for the collar
Origin of Collar
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From Middle English coler, from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Latin collare, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). More at halse.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English coler from Old French colier from Latin collāre from collum neck kwel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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