What is meant by the "collar of a disk"?

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I've seen people use the term "collar of a disk" within the context of algebraic topology. What is meant by this term? Is it the "boundary" of a disk?

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It's the boundary cross an interval open on one side, equivalently a small open neighborhood of the boundary.