collar

collar is a 6-letter English word with 24 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 24 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.
2. noun. A ring or cincture.
3. noun. A collar beam.
4. noun. The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
5. noun. An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order.
6. noun. A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.
7. noun. A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
8. noun. A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.
9. noun. An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
10. noun. A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
11. transitive verb. To seize by the collar.
12. transitive verb. To put a collar on.
13. noun. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

    "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

    Synonyms: apprehension, arrest, catch, pinch

14. noun. a figurative restraint

    "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"

    "kept a tight leash on his emotions"

    Synonyms: leash

15. noun. necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck

    Synonyms: choker, neckband

16. noun. a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

    Synonyms: neckband

17. noun. a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
18. noun. the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
19. noun. a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
20. noun. 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"

21. noun. (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
22. verb. take into custody

    "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

    Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, cop, nab, nail

23. verb. furnish with a collar

    "collar the dog"

24. verb. seize by the neck or collar

Synonyms

apprehension, arrest, catch, pinch, leash, choker, neckband, apprehend, cop, nab, nail

Common word forms

collars, collared, collaring, collarless

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