dog collar

noun

1

: a collar for a dog

2

slang : clerical collar

3

: a wide flexible snug-fitting necklace

Synonyms of dog collar

• necklace

Examples of dog collar in a Sentence

a gala at which one can expect to see a number of trophy wives wearing diamond-encrusted dog collars

Recent Examples on the Web

Nearby, waiters passed tuna-tartare cones as a pair of burlesque dancers wearing dog collars and fishnets performed acrobatics. —James D. Walsh, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026

This article contains spoilers for Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights. Jacob Elordi and Alison Oliver are digging into that decidedly dark dog collar scene in Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights. —Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026

Melling stars opposite Alexander Skarsgård as the strapping Ray, a dominant biker who makes his sub Colin, who is learning the ropes, wear a dog collar and sleep on the bedroom rug and do all the shopping, cooking, and cleaning. —Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2026

Around his neck, Snoopy wears a blue-green fabric dog collar. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for dog collar

• footballer
• installer
• caller
• crawler
• dollar
• faller
• haller
• hauler
• holler
• scholar
• smaller
• squalor