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Noun: toque  towk
  1. A tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs
    "The head chef's crisp white toque stood out in the busy kitchen"
     
  2. A small round woman's hat
    "The actress donned a chic toque for the red carpet";
    - pillbox, turban
     
  3. [Cdn] A kind of warm cap winter wear, usually made from a knit bag with closed tapered ends by pushing one end within the other, thus making a conical cap of double thickness
    "He pulled his toque down over his ears to protect against the cold";
    - tuque [Cdn], touque [Cdn]

Sounds like: topes, t, toqu

Derived forms: toques

Type of: chapeau [archaic], hat, lid [informal], millinery, women's hat

Encyclopedia: Toque