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 →

2) A collar is a band of leather or other material put round an animal's neck, like a dog's collar. tree →

3) A collar is any ring or band round something, like a metal collar round a pipe. tree →

4) To collar someone means to catch and hold them, or stop them to talk to them. tree →

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 →
• The dog's collar has his name and our phone number on it. tree →
• It was so cold that I turned up my coat collar. tree →
• The kitten wears a collar with a little bell. tree →
• Dad got hot under the collar when we were late. tree →
• The teacher collared me after class to talk about my project. tree →
• My school shirt has a white collar. tree →
• The pigeon has a shiny green collar of feathers. tree →
• He ran and held the man by the collar. tree →

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.
• Off with his whiskers!» (collar = grab), and by the time the court settles, the cook has gone.
• «Necessary» has one collar and two sleeves: one c, two s's.
• «Necessary» has one c and two s's: one collar, two sleeves.
• A collar fits well when you can slide two fingers under it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «collar» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.