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KOL-uh/ˈkɒlə/

A collar is the neck part of a shirt or coat: a shirt collar, turn up your collar, a dog collar. Neck is the body part. Colour is a hue — mix-up in spelling. Caller is someone who phones. Do not write collar when you mean colour, or caller.

Meaning

The part of a shirt or coat that goes around the neck.

Examples

• “He turned up his coat collar in the wind on the platform.”
• “His collar was wet from the rain on the walk to the station.”
• “The shop sewed a spare button onto the coat collar.”

Good to know

a shirt / coat collar; turn up your collar. Mix-up: colour, caller.

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