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# toque

noun (a toque, toques) (Canada); noun (a toque — chef's hat)

«toque» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (Canada) A toque (also tuque) is a knitted winter hat, often with a bobble on top; a beanie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toque/#m1)
2. A toque is a tall white hat worn by chefs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toque/#m2)

### In the lessons

In Canada, everyone says «toque» for a winter hat; in the UK «bobble hat» or «beanie», in Australia «beanie». In cooking stories, the head chef wears a tall white toque.

### Examples

- Put your toque on, it's freezing outside! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toque/#x1)
- The chef wore a tall white toque. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toque/#x2)
- My toque has a big red pompom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toque/#x3)
- In Canada, a toque is just a woolly hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toque/#x4)
- I lost my toque at the hockey rink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toque/#x5)
- The pleats on a chef's toque used to show skill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toque/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced «took» (Canada). Mainly Canadian English for the winter hat.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «toque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toque/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«toque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/toque.html) on Mova free.