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say it: KAH-lur
collar is a noun and verb meaning "a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over". It is pronounced /ˈkɑlɚ/ — KAH-lur. It carries 12 recorded senses.
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
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”
a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
“the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar”
seize by the neck or collar
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for collar come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.