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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 carries 12 recorded senses.
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.