Pronunciation
(Balearic) IPA(key): /koˈʎa/
(Central) IPA(key): /kuˈʎa/
(Valencian) IPA(key): /koˈʎaɾ/
Etymology 1
From Late Latin collāre (“an unattached item worn about the neck”), from Latin collāris.
Noun
collarm (plural collars)
A collar. (a chain or belt placed around the neck of an animal)
A collar. (a solid circle of metal placed around the neck of a slave or prisoner)
A collar. (any ornament placed at the neck)
(historical) A collar. (a gold chain worn about the neck as a badge of belonging to certain chivalric orders)
A necklace.
(historical, military) An aventail.
A collar. (a ring or loop used to support and protect a rotating shaft)
A collar. (a ring or loop used to join together two parts of a shaft or pole)
(entomology) A collar. (lobed membranous expansion of the prothorax of some insects)
(zoology) A collar. (a band of feathers, fur, or scales about the neck of an animal that is of a contrasting color to what is near it)
Synonyms
(necklace): collaret
Etymology 2
From the action of securing a yoke around the coll (“neck”) of an animal.
Verb
collar (first-person singular present collo, past participle collat)
To join together objects through the use of nuts or bolts.
To collar a person or animal.
To establish control of a person or animal.
To twist. (to pressure someone to do something)
To screw. (to tighten a screw)
(textiles) To adjust a collador (“heddle”).
Conjugation
Conjugation of collar (first conjugation)
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collar
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In our everyday lives, language and instrumental music are obviously different things. Neuroscientist and musician Ani Patel is the author of a recent, elegantly argued offering from Oxford University Press, “Music, Language and the Brain.” Oliver Sacks calls Patel a “pioneer in the use of new concepts and technology to investigate the neural correlates of music.” In Patel’s presentation, he discusses some of the hidden connections between language and instrumental music that are being uncovered by empirical scientific studies.
The Music and the Brain Lecture Series is a cycle of lectures and special presentations that highlight an explosion of new research in the rapidly expanding field of “neuromusic.” Programming is sponsored by the Library’s Music Division and its Science, Technology and Business Division, in cooperation with the Dana Foundation.
Aniruddh Patel is the Esther J. Burnham Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at the Neurosciences Institute.