1 the part around the neck of a shirt, jacket or coat that usually folds down:
a coat with a fur collar * I turned up my collar against the wind (= to keep warm). * He always wears a collar and tie for work.
seealsoBLUE-COLLAR, DOGCOLLAR, WHITE-COLLAR, WINGCOLLAR
2 a band of leather or plastic put around the neck of an animal, especially a dog:
a collar and lead / leash
3 (technical) a band made of a strong material that is put round sth, such as a pipe or a piece of machinery, to strengthen it or to join two parts together
IDIOMS see HOTadj.
verb [VN] (informal)
1 to capture sb and hold them tightly so that they cannot escape from you:
Police collared the culprit as he was leaving the premises.
2 to stop sb in order to talk to them:
I was collared in the street by a woman doing a survey.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is collar a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, collar is tagged as noun.
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