collar
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
collar/ˈkɒlə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a band of material around the neck of a shirt or other garment, either upright or turned over.
- 2 a band put around the neck of a domestic animal, used to restrain or control it.
- 3 a connecting band or pipe in a piece of machinery.
- 4 Brit. a piece of meat rolled up and tied.
■ a cut of bacon taken from the neck of a pig.
– derivatives
collared adjective,
collarless adjective.
collared adjective,
collarless adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. colier, from L. collare ‘band for the neck’, from collum ‘neck’.
'collar' also found in these Oxford entries:
accolade
- acorn worm
- band
- bertha
- blue-collar
- button-down
- chesterfield
- choker
- clerical collar
- collet
- dog collar
- dog tag
- Eton collar
- facing
- flea collar
- flying jacket
- Geneva bands
- golf shirt
- gorged
- grandad
- hames
- hot
- lapel
- leatherneck
- lunch pail
- mallard
- mandarin collar
- mandarin jacket
- Mao
- middy
- open-necked
- oxbow
- pink-collar
- platysma
- polo neck
- polo shirt
- reed bunting
- roll neck
- sailor collar
- salariat
- salary
- salaryman
- shawl collar
- shirt
- shirt dress
- shoulder strap
- stock
- stud
- tab
