Toque

Quick meaning: Toque is a noun meaning A type of hat with no brim.

Meaning

A type of hat with no brim.

More Meanings

1. (specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs.
2. (by extension, informal) A chef.
3. A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica.
4. (Canada) A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel.
5. (music) A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals.
6. (music) The guitar part of flamenco music.
7. (historical) An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries.

Example Sentences

Minutes later, a red-faced man in a chef's toque approached our table.

When I came to the back of a man's head, wearing a toque, I knew I'd spotted my quarry. "Chef Reynoso?"

She drank a glass of wine mixed with water, took off her felt toque and her shoes, and slid beneath the red eiderdown.

Chef Felder was in her early forties, slender, with short wavy brown hair, almost all of which could be contained within her toque.

Word Forms

• toques

Synonyms for toque

Depending on context, synonyms include beanie, pillbox, turban.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pillbox, turban, touch, tap, hat, touque.

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