Used in a Sentence

collars

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for collars.

Editorial note

I want to function as an informed go between for the sweat stainless white collars and the yellowed white collars that do the work.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Clothes that encircle the neck.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of collars gathered in one view.

noun

Clothes that encircle the neck.

noun

The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.

noun

A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for collars.

noun

Clothes that encircle the neck.

noun

The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.

noun

A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.

noun

A chain worn around the neck.

Example sentences

1

I want to function as an informed go between for the sweat stainless white collars and the yellowed white collars that do the work.

2

Shock collars are exactly how dogs get such complex psychological problems that they're abandoned in the first place.

3

This made me think the border guards have Running Man-esque bomb collars around their necks.

4

White collars rely largely on networking and influence, hence its 'productivity' continues to grow.

5

With pinch collars, crates, kennels, leashes, shock collars, staking them out, fences, rubbing their noses in their feces...

6

They attributed it to the oversized, stiff, collars forcing the actors heads up.

7

Generally, blue-collars rely largely on 'manual labor' and, therefore, after its peak productivity, they hit a depreciative tendency(younger employees/outsourcing/...).

8

My mom said shirt collars as a service was a million dollar idea.

9

GPS collars meet most common needs such as for hunting dogs.

10

His large, hand crafted home is now found in the gentrified corner of town, which today's blue collars couldn't dream of buying a piece of.

11

White collars have always had better salary growth than others.

12

Question: Will this interfer with their invisible fence collars?

Quote examples

1

I liked the review that said "This thing is very effective in conjunction with traditional flea collars.

2

It's the "and yet they keep spending all their money" that makes us want to grab them by the shirt collars and cartoonishly backhand them.

3

In the past when livestock owners had to contend with wolves they'd often use mountain dogs who would live with the livestock, sometimes they'd wear "wolf collars"[0] It's pretty intense and I have mixed feelings about the collar especially, but it goes to show that there have been solutions for this very old problem that don't involve killing all the wolves.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use collars in a sentence?

I want to function as an informed go between for the sweat stainless white collars and the yellowed white collars that do the work.

What does collars mean?

Clothes that encircle the neck.

What part of speech is collars?

collars is commonly used as noun.