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Short "hint"

The part of a garment that encircles the neck.

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Usage examples (27)
  • The collar on his shirt was so tight he couldn't get it over his head.
  • Asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market
  • collar the dog
  • Inside the collar is a woven small darkmaroon label that reads Arsenal.
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  • A "coaler" is a ship that transports coal, a "cola" is a carbonated soft drink, the "colla" is the neck or necklike bones, a "koala" is a bearlike animal found in Australia, while a "kola" is a type of tree found in Africa.
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