English Dictionary

toque

/təʊk/

noun

A type of hat with no brim. / (specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs / (by extension, informal) A chef. / A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica.

She wore a stylish toque to keep her head warm in the winter.

意味（1）

A type of hat with no brim.

Toques are for the most part indented in the mural style, in two rows, between which are placed marabout feathers. Flowers, feathers, ears of corn, in gold or silver: such are the chief ornaments on the heads of young ladies, either as separate decorations or all blended together. Black velvet toques are ornamented with marabout feathers of a light grey, mingled with a few ears of gold corn.

意味（2）

(specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs

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

意味（3）

(by extension, informal) A chef.

Sam Mason first grabbed the spotlight as the pastry chef ... for being the most rock 'n' roll toque in town.

意味（4）

A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica.

意味（5）

(historical) An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries.