Circular band found around cat’s neck though Dante loses his as soon as he goes outdoors

noun

1. A band that serves to finish or decorate the neckline of a garment
2. A short necklace
3. A band placed about the neck of an animal
4. A part of the harness of draft animals fitted over the shoulders and taking strain when a load is drawn
5. An indication of control a token of subservience
6. A protective or supportive device (such as a brace or cast) worn around the neck
7. Clerical collar
8. Something resembling a collar in shape or use (such as a ring or round flange to restrain motion or hold something in place)
9. Any of various animal structures or markings similar to a collar
10. An act of collaring} {sx, capture

verb

1. To seize by the collar or neck
2. Arrest, grab
3. To get control of preempt

   "we can collar nearly the whole of this market"

4. To stop and detain in unwilling conversation

   "collar the guest of honor"

5. To put a collar on

   "collar a dog"

noun

1. A flagellated endodermal cell that lines the cavity of a sponge and has a contractile protoplasmic cup surrounding the flagellum

adjective

1. Of, relating to, or constituting the class of wage earners whose duties call for the wearing of work clothes or protective clothing compare white-collar
2. Having, showing, or appealing to unpretentious or unsophisticated tastes

   "a new blue-collar serial … woven around a minor-league baseball team"

3. Dependable and hard-working rather than showy or spectacular

   "a blue-collar athlete"

noun

1. A conservative Democrat especially in the south who votes the straight Democratic ticket

noun

1. A narrow stiffly upright white collar worn buttoned at the back of the neck by members of the clergy

noun

1. A collar for a dog
2. Clerical collar
3. A wide flexible snug-fitting necklace

noun

1. Elizabethan collar
2. Electronic collar

noun

1. A collar that is placed on an animal (such as a wild animal or a hunting dog) and that transmits an electronic signal which can be used for tracking

   "Female bears that have been outfitted with an electronic collar as part of a study being done by Colorado Parks and Wildlife are starting to move …"

2. A collar used chiefly on a dog that typically delivers a mild shock or sometimes a vibration or sound upon receiving a signal from a remote transmitter and is used especially to train a dog to respond to commands, stop unwanted behaviors, or confine itself to a fixed perimeter

   "… the dog was wearing an electronic collar designed to keep it in the yard, police said."

noun

1. Ruff
2. A typically cone-shaped veterinary device of stiff material (such as plastic) placed about the neck of an animal and usually a cat or dog to prevent it from licking, biting, or scratching a wound or injury or to stop obsessive licking or grooming