collar
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Synonyms: cellar, collor, sollar, collab, dollar, colla, colmar, coller, hollar, collat, lollar
Antonyms: cellar, collor, sollar, collab, dollar, colla, colmar, coller, hollar, collat, lollar
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Noun
- Clothes that [[encircle]] the neck.
- A piece of [[meat]] from the neck of an animal.
- {{lb|en|technology}} Any encircling device or structure.
- {{lb|en|in compounds}} Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- {{lb|en|botany}} The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem<ref>{{R:Gray Botany}}</ref>
- A ringlike part of a [[mollusk]] in connection with the [[esophagus]].
- {{lb|en|nautical}} 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.
- {{lb|en|slang}} An [[arrest]].
- {{lb|en|finance}} A [[trading]] strategy using [[options]] such that there is both an upper limit on [[profit]] and a lower limit on [[loss]], constructed through taking equal but opposite [[position]]s in a [[put]] and a [[call]] with different [[strike price]]s.
- {{lb|en|mathematics}} A [[topological]] [[neighborhood]] around a [[submanifold]] that can be [[deform]]ed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[grab]] or [[seize]] by the collar or [[neck]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[place]] a collar on, to [[fit]] with one.
- To [[surround]] or [[encircle]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[seize]], [[capture]] or [[detain]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[steal]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[preempt]], control stringently and exclusively.
- {{senseid|en|arrest}} {{lb|en|law enforcement|transitive}} To [[arrest]].
- {{lb|en|figuratively|transitive}} To [[bind]] in [[conversation]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To roll up (beef or other meat) and [[bind]] it with [[string]] [[preparatory]] to [[cook]]ing.
- {{lb|en|transitive|BDSM}} To bind (a [[submissive]]) to a [[dominant]] under specific conditions or obligations.
Proper noun
- {{surname|en}}.
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