apprehension arrest catch collar pinch taking into custody | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal), the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar |
collar leash | a figurative restraint, asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market, kept a tight leash on his emotions, he's always gotten a long leash |
choanocyte collar cell | any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum, they maintain a flow of water through the body |
cable | a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire |
cable cable television cable system cable television service | a television system that transmits over cables |
cable line transmission line | a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
cable car car | a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway, they took a cable car to the top of the mountain |
cable railway funicular funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
choker collar dog collar neckband | necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck |
clerical collar Roman collar dog collar | a stiff white collar with no opening in the front, a distinctive symbol of the clergy |
coaxial cable coax coax cable | a transmission line for high-frequency signals |
collar neckband | a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over |
collar | a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it |
collar shoe collar | the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot |
collar | a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part |
collar | anything worn or placed about the neck, the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar, a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse |
dog collar | a collar for a dog |
electrical cable | a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations |
ethernet cable | any of several types of coaxial cable used in ethernets |
Eton collar | broad white collar worn over the lapels of a jacket |
fiber optic cable fibre optic cable | a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light |
garrote garotte garrotte iron collar | an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation |
ground cable | a mooring cable, runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
jumper cable jumper lead lead booster cable | a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire, it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads |
Peter Pan collar | a flat collar with rounded ends that meet in front |
power line power cable | cable used to distribute electricity |
printer cable | a cable between a computer and a printer |
tramway tram aerial tramway cable tramway ropeway | a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers |
turtleneck collar polo-neck collar | a high close-fitting turnover collar |
collar | (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal |
cable cablegram overseas telegram | a telegram sent abroad |
cable television cable | television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver |
cable cable length cable's length | a nautical unit of depth |
collar blight | a disease affecting the trunks of pear and apple trees |
cable telegraph wire | send cables, wires, or telegrams |
collar nail apprehend arrest pick up nab cop | take into custody, the police nabbed the suspected criminals |
collar | furnish with a collar, collar the dog |
collar | seize by the neck or collar |
cable | fasten with a cable, cable trees |
hot under the collar(p) | very angry |
propertyless wage-earning working-class blue-collar | of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers, party of the propertyless proletariat- G.B.Shaw |
white-collar | of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers, the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper |
pink-collar | of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women, a pink-collar employee |
blue-collar | of or designating manual industrial work or workers |