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dog collar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. A collar for a dog.
  2. (informal) A clerical collar.
    • My mother taught me to make prayer a daily part of life, and she taught me to challenge authority when it was wrong — even if it wore a dog collar. 2015 October 16, Terence Handley MacMath, “Interview: Bob Bowie, director of business and academic development, Canterbury Christ Church University”, in Church Times:
    • I'm very pleased to have found a way of joining in which does not consist of three chaplains wearing dog collars sitting behind a desk looking intimidating. 2003 December 2, Kelvin Holdsworth, “Labyrinth Day”, in Thurible.net:
  3. A close-fitting woman's necklace.

Forms

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Synonyms

choker

Translations (33)

fr collier (collar for a dog) · ko 개목걸이 (collar for a dog) · bg наши́йник (collar for a dog) · my လည်ပတ် (collar for a dog) · ro zgardă (collar for a dog) · tr köpek tasması (collar for a dog) · ru оше́йник (collar for a dog) · fi koiran kaulapanta (collar for a dog) · cs obojek (collar for a dog) · fa قلاده (collar for a dog) · uk наши́йник (collar for a dog) · ca alçacoll (clerical collar) · grc κλοιός (collar for a dog) · cmn 脖套 (collar for a dog) · uk оши́йник (collar for a dog) · ka საყელური (collar for a dog) · ms kolar anjing (collar for a dog) · ga coiléar madra (collar for a dog) · sga ard (collar for a dog) · de Halsband (collar for a dog) · be нашы́йнік (collar for a dog) · ca corretja (collar for a dog) · hu nyakörv (collar for a dog) · gv colliar moddey (collar for a dog) · ar طَوْق (collar for a dog) · be ашы́йнік (collar for a dog) · ca collaret (necklace) · ja 首輪 (collar for a dog) · es collar (necklace) · es collar (collar for a dog) · pl obroża (collar for a dog) · da hundehalsbånd (collar for a dog) · de Hundehalsband (collar for a dog)