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IRON COLLAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does iron collar mean?
• IRON COLLAR (noun)
The noun IRON COLLAR has 1 sense:
1. an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
Familiarity information: IRON COLLAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
garotte; garrote; garrotte; iron collar
Hypernyms ("iron collar" is a kind of...):
instrument of execution (an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person)
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