(n.) Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.
(n.) A ring or cincture.
(n.) A collar beam.
(n.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
(n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order.
(n.) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.
(n.) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
(n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.
(n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
(n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
(v. t.) To seize by the collar.
(v. t.) To put a collar on.
Example Sentences:
(1) On day 7, washes were collected as on day 0, and a collar was attached to the neck to prevent contamination from saliva.
(2) Numerous slender sarcotubules, originating from the A-band side terminal cisternae, extend obliquely or longitudinally and form oval or irregular shaped networks of various sizes in front of the A-band, then become continuous with the tiny mesh (fenestrated collar) in front of the H-band.
(3) The working women lost their elasticity more rapidly than the nuns, and the male blue collar workers lost their elasticity more rapidly than the male white collar workers.
(4) Participants were younger, more likely to be male, less likely to be currently married, and more likely to have had a white-collar job and some postsecondary education than were nonparticipants.
(5) For conservative treatment of injuries of the cervical spine, two different methods are available: The HALO fixator and the collar.
(6) These were compared against previously published National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health studies of nonexposed blue-collar workers to determine if these predictions fit our population.
(7) It is concluded that the femoral stem should be as thick as possible and that the collar of the prosthesis is useless.
(8) Radioimmunoassays carried out on acidic extracts of the same organs confirm the molecular results and lead us to conclude to the presence of substances strongly related to MK in the ovotestis as well as in the circumoesophageal ganglia (COG), and to ascertain that the MK-positive tentacular collar cells do not contain authentic MK.
(9) Efficacy of polyvinyl chloride collars containing temephos [0,0'-(thiodi-4,1-phenylene) 0,0,0',0'-tetramethyl bis-(phosphorothioate)] was elevaluated in dogs and cats against the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis).
(10) The magnitude of the age-adjusted PRs was greatest for blue collar males.
(11) Another officer grabbing Mann by the collar and threatening his family – to arrest his wife’s “black ass” and ensure he would not see his young son grow up, Mann recalled in an interview – if he did not snitch on a heroin dealer.
(12) Based on the results of a large Australian study of a workplace smoking ban, an estimated 654.88 million cigarettes with a retail value of $A6,549 thousand would be forgone annually in Australia alone if 50 percent of white-collar worksites were to ban smoking.
(13) Tooth germs are formed partly by cells of the stomodeal collar and partly by mesenchymal cells and calcification takes place before hatching.
(14) These problems are explored using data from three recent studies on workplace experiences of white collar and blue collar workers who had recovered from cancer, and of former pediatric cancer patients.
(15) Four cases of non-surgical extraction of iatrogenic vascular foreign bodies are reported, in two of which a basket sound was used, and two others a metallic collar.
(16) What’s left for such workers is the same as their blue-collar counterparts: lower wages, precarious work and a lot of borrowing.
(17) For instance, there are elevated rates of lung cancer and stomach cancer among blue collar workers; colon cancer and breast cancer among white collar workers and lip and stomach cancer among self-employed farmers.
(18) (See: The Royal Tenenbaums) Just as we started to feel hot under the collar about it, this little beauty appeared on screen.
(19) The egg burdens in these collars were, on the average, twice the average egg burden in the remainder of the urinary bladder.
(20) By contrast, the risks for renal pelvis cancer tended to be higher among blue collar workers, especially in the machine industry.
Collarbone
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) "It's miraculous we survived," said passenger Vedpal Singh, who had a fractured collarbone and whose arm was in a sling.
(2) Although Ryan Mathews broke two collarbones this season, some still felt that he was mismanaged when healthy and Turner also made a comment about his vision which was unflattering in the way most coaches don't.
(3) And he won't be taking to the slopes this week, as he's got a broken collarbone.
(4) We measured the arterial pulse wave velocity at the arm, between sub-collarbone artery and radial artery.
(5) Yet when I look in the mirror at my towpath-pounding legs, my prominent collarbones, swelling biceps and flat, gravel-hardened feet, I am looking at my father's body.
(6) The story that united these sisters begins one day in spring 2009, when Tamsin, then 40, noticed a strange thickening under the skin of her chest, just below her collarbone.
(7) Rodgers was playing in his first game after missing seven games with a broken collarbone (sustained against the Bears) and Cobb was returning after being out 10 games with a broken leg, but the pair connected on a fourth-and-eight from the 48-yard line in the showdown game.
(8) When the Packers’ starting quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, went down with a fractured collarbone, the balance of power in the NFC North was immediately transformed.
(9) One Ukrainian serviceman has been wounded in the neck and collarbone.
(10) The fracture of the right collarbone has been confirmed clinically,” Gerardo Aguilar said .
(11) The calamitous clash of bikes involving Mark Cavendish , during the first stage's final sprint through Harrogate, stunned the sun-bathed crowd and left the rider clutching his collarbone.
(12) Aaron Rodgers will start at quarterback for Green Bay for the first time since fracturing his collarbone against Chicago in week nine.
(13) Javier Hernández underwent a successful operation this morning … he had two plates inserted in his right collarbone fixed with six screws,” the Mexico team doctor Gerardo Aguiar said.
(14) Despite her jacket’s bright hues, the outfit was respectful and modest, with nary a collarbone in sight – seemingly appropriate attire in which to pay respects to the deceased monarch of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah.
(15) The Mexico striker Javier Hernández had surgery on a fractured collarbone on Thursday and will be out for four weeks missing the Gold Cup, the Mexican Football Federation has said.
(16) Her older brother had jumped on her as a child, broken her ribcage and her collarbone, and her mother hadn’t even taken her to hospital, so it had healed like that.” He met another person, a former healthcare worker who uses a wheelchair, “now in very poor health and clearly incapable of work; the welfare reforms had clearly been affecting her”.
(17) Eight weeks after going down with a fractured collarbone, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was back to wreak vengeance on Chicago, the team who had caused his injury in the first place.
(18) The Manchester United striker Javier Hernández has suffered a broken collarbone while on international duty with Mexico.
(19) We call that the thumper,” Martin winks before guiding a resident who is threading a needle into the flesh near the patient’s collarbone.