neck brace
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3.8
- noun
- /nɛk breɪs/
- Specialized
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collarín
- The doctor advised him to use a neck brace for several weeks to limit movement during recovery.
- wearing a neck brace
- need a neck brace
- put a neck brace
Oh, my dad got us, you know, matching neck braces.
- Oh, my dad got us, you know, matching neck braces.
- If you've been injured, if you need a neck brace, a leg brace or something, they can do it.
- They got T-shirts they got they got Welcome to Reno T-shirts they got They got a neck brace, They got wheat.
Examples
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If you've been injured, if you need a neck brace, a leg brace or something, they can do it.
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She's going to need a neck brace and a cast, but otherwise she's fine.
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The neck brace was a mistake.
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Willie sometimes wears a neck brace.
Fiction book (2000) -
We need a neck brace and a splint.
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Bogs, wheelchair-bound and wearing a neck brace, is loaded onto an ambulance for transport.
Fiction book (1994) -
The boy with the neck brace didn't move, and Lemma made a trancelike loop away from the front path in order to pass near him.
Fiction book (2000) -
Lester's secretary smiled up at him, nodding a cheery good morning despite the obviously confining neck brace she wore.
Fiction book (1996) -
Louie noticed that the boy was also bleeding from the throat, just above the stark white of his neck brace, which had been pushed down into his shirt so that it resembled a clerical collar.
Fiction book (2000) -
After the accident, she had to wear a neck brace to support her injured neck.
Synonyms
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4.0
A set of metal or clear parts fixed to teeth to make them straight
How Protective
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'neck' identifies the body part and 'brace' names a support device, so together they denote a support for the neck with no idiomatic shift. This is a regular noun–noun compound describing function and is cross‑linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Neck brace gives a simple picture: a brace is something that holds or supports, and when put on the neck it keeps the head steady. So a neck brace is a device that 'supports' the neck and 'limits' its movement while someone heals.