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# collar

«collar» in Mova's school dictionary: **the part of a shirt, coat or dress that goes round the neck** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a collar, collars); verb (collar, collars, collared, collaring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A collar is the part of a shirt, coat or dress that goes round the neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#m1)

2) A collar is a band of leather or other material put round an animal's neck, like a dog's collar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#m2)

3) A collar is any ring or band round something, like a metal collar round a pipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#m3)

4) To collar someone means to catch and hold them, or stop them to talk to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday: school shirts have collars; dog and cat collars carry a name tag with a phone number in case the pet gets lost; a cat collar should be a safety «break-away» one so it does not get caught. In science, some animals have coloured «collars» of fur or feathers round their neck. Phrases: «shirt collar», «turn up your collar», «dog collar», «hot under the collar» (angry or embarrassed), «white-collar / blue-collar» (office or manual jobs).

### examples

- Fold your collar down neatly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#x1)
- The dog's collar has his name and our phone number on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#x2)
- It was so cold that I turned up my coat collar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#x3)
- The kitten wears a collar with a little bell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#x4)
- Dad got hot under the collar when we were late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#x5)
- The teacher collared me after class to talk about my project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#x6)
- My school shirt has a white collar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#x7)
- The pigeon has a shiny green collar of feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#x8)
- He ran and held the man by the collar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a collar, collars». Spelled «-ar», not «-er» («collar», not «coller»). Do not confuse with «colour / color» or «caller» (a person who phones).

### In the corpora

- [Released animals often wear radio collars or satellite tags, so scientists can see whether they find food, survive and have young.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/114-back-to-the-wild/13/)
- [Off with his whiskers!» (collar = grab), and by the time the court settles, the cook has gone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/31/)
- [«Necessary» has one collar and two sleeves: one c, two s's.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/6/)
- [«Necessary» has one c and two s's: one collar, two sleeves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/22/)
- [A collar fits well when you can slide two fingers under it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «collar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.