Definition: 1. The part around the neck of a shirt, jacket or coat that usually folds down. 2. A band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it. 3. A figurative restraint.
Use 'collar' in a sentence:
1. He turned up the collar of his coat and hurried out into the rain.
2. For almost all white collar jobs, email is the primary tool of corporate communication.
3. Most of these students come from well-educated, white-collar families.
4. He buttoned his collar tightly round his thick neck.
5. "Collar that Dormouse," the Queen shrieked out.
6. She was wearing a black coat with a white collar.
7. "When one is as handsome as you," said the collar, "that is occasion enough."
8. His shirt collar was securely sewed.
9. Foley raised his chin and jerked his neck as if his collar were too tight.
10. Mother took hold of the barking dogs by their collars.
11. He laughs at something, and she straightens his collar.
12. Police collared the culprit as he was leaving the premises.
13. Lee got hold of the dog by its collar.
14. The collar was embroidered with very small red strawberries.
15. Some of you were getting very hot under the collar about Royals.
16. Bernard was once collared by an aggressive stranger in Soho.
17. The owner of the stall, a large, thuggish man, grabbed Dai by the collar.
18. It wasn't just the blue-collar workers who lost their jobs, it was everyone.
19. He got very hot under the collar when I asked him where he'd been all day.
20. Many white-collar workers, like stockbrokers and investment bankers, find themselves in the unemployment lines.
21. She hid her face under the collar of his jacket and she started to cry.
22. I stepped outside and pulled up my collar against the cold mist.
23. Mike kept snatching him up by the collar and jerking him up.
24. The owner of the stall, a large, thuggish man, grabbed Dave by the collar.
25. Especially hard hit were the blue- and pink-collar departments, such as subscription fulfillment.
26. She's dribbling on her collar.
27. He clipped the microphone (on) to his collar.
28. If you unbutton your collar, remove your tie.
29. As Kerr fled towards the exit, Boycott collared him at the ticket barrier.
30. Robots continue to have an impact on blue collar jobs, and white collar jobs are under attack by microprocessors.
31. She'd got him by the collar.
32. White-collar workers now work longer hours.
33. Beattie managed to collar Atkins in a hallway.
34. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as white-collar workers.
35. The shoe has padding around the collar, heel and tongue for added comfort.
36. His father kept a tight grip on his collar in case he should make a bolt for the door.
37. She flicked the dust off her collar.
38. He clipped the microphone to his collar.
39. There was a piece of cloth tied to the dog's collar.
40. The white tips of his shirt collar made him look like a choirboy.
41. His collar bone only hurt when he lifted his arm.
42. She hid her face under the collar of his jacket and started to cry.
43. The collar was far too tight and chafed her neck.
44. He always wears a collar and tie for work.
45. His tie was pulled loose and his collar hung open.
46. He wore a plain blue shirt, open at the collar.
47. He is rapidly losing the support of blue-collar voters and of middle-class conservatives.
48. She had on a black coat with a fur collar.
49. They wore ordinary ties instead of the more formal high collar and cravat.
