| COLLAGENS | • collagens n. Plural of collagen. • COLLAGEN n. a fibrous protein that is the chief constituent of connective tissue and yields gelatin on boiling. |
| COLLAGING | • collaging v. Present participle of collage. • COLLAGE v. (French) to arrange materials in an artistic way. |
| COLLAGIST | • collagist adj. In the manner of a collage, or of the making of a collage. • collagist n. One who makes collages, or who has made a specific collage. • COLLAGIST n. one who makes collages. |
| COLLAPSAR | • collapsar n. (Astronomy) The black hole thought to form following the gravitational collapse of a massive star. • COLLAPSAR n. a black hole. |
| COLLAPSED | • collapsed v. Simple past tense and past participle of collapse. • COLLAPSE v. to crumble suddenly. |
| COLLAPSES | • collapses n. Plural of collapse. • collapses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collapse. • COLLAPSE v. to crumble suddenly. |
| COLLARETS | • collarets n. Plural of collaret. • COLLARET n. a small collar. |
| COLLARING | • collaring v. Present participle of collar. • collaring n. Material for making shirt collars. • COLLAR v. to provide with a neckband. |
| COLLATING | • collating v. Present participle of collate. • COLLATE v. to examine and compare. |
| COLLATION | • collation n. Bringing together. • collation n. Discussion, light meal. • collation n. (Ecclesiastical) The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift. |
| COLLATIVE | • collative adj. Having the power of conferring. • collative adj. (Ecclesiastical, of a benefice) In which the ordinary (or bishop) is the same person as the patron. • COLLATIVE adj. having the power of conferring; of livings where the bishop and patron are one and the same person. |
| COLLATORS | • collators n. Plural of collator. • COLLATOR n. one who collates manuscripts, books, etc. |