collar

Nouns

  • (n) a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over neckband,
  • (n) (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
  • (n) 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
  • (n) a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
  • (n) the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot shoe collar,
  • (n) a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
  • (n) necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck choker, dog collar, neckband,
  • (n) 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
    leash,
  • (n) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
    • the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
    arrest, taking into custody, apprehension, pinch, catch,

Verbs

  • (v) take into custody
    • the police nabbed the suspected criminals
    arrest, apprehend, cop, nab, nail, pick up,
  • (v) seize by the neck or collar
  • (v) furnish with a collar
    • collar the dog

Synonyms

neckband arrest apprehend cop nab nail pick up shoe collar choker dog collar leash taking into custody apprehension pinch catch

Words of close approximity

colly
collet collie
collar blight collarbone collar cell collard collard greens collards collared lizard collared peccary collared pika collarless