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Toblerone

/ˈtoʊbləɹoʊn/

Toblerone noun: a Swiss chocolate bar with honey, nougat and almonds, shaped like a triangular prism with triangular wedge-shaped pieces.

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Noun

Toblerone (plural Toblerones)

  1. A Swiss chocolate bar with honey, nougat and almonds, shaped like a triangular prism with triangular wedge-shaped pieces.
    • The H and N components, which Professor Oxford says are shaped like "Toblerones and mushrooms", are the ones that mutate and cause problems for the human immune system.2000 January 9, “The killer shaped like a Toblerone”, in The Independent
    • Below us the white granite and quartz of the most sacred of Inca sites sparkled, its Toblerone-shaped walls and deserted craters stretching over seventy acres.2002, Richard Bangs, Ed Viesturs, Richard Bangs, adventure without end
  2. (slang) A length of soft sponge shaped like a triangular prism, usually printed with advertising, that can be placed over the boundary rope.

Examples of Toblerone in a sentence

  • An ark is a Toblerone-shaped portable chicken enclosure, with a bedding/nest area at one end and a wire-mesh run at the other.2005, Martin Gurdon, Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance, page 26:
  • The volcano stands out from the Tanzanian plains like a Toblerone triangle with a bite out of the top.2005 April 9, “The battered face of the Sphinx”, in Sydney Morning Herald:
  • The graph jags like a Toblerone, stabbing the heights in times of prosperity and the new-broom sweep of incoming governments.2007, Lynsey Hanley, Estates: an intimate history, page 99:

Forms of Toblerone

pluralToblerones

Origin of Toblerone

Brand name, from a blend of Tobler (“surname of one of the creators”) + Italian torrone (“form of nougat”).

Words formed from Toblerone

Phrases with Toblerone

Questions about Toblerone

What does Toblerone mean?
Toblerone means a Swiss chocolate bar with honey, nougat and almonds, shaped like a triangular prism with triangular wedge-shaped pieces.
How do you use Toblerone in a sentence?
An ark is a Toblerone-shaped portable chicken enclosure, with a bedding/nest area at one end and a wire-mesh run at the other.
What part of speech is Toblerone?
Toblerone is a noun.
How do you pronounce Toblerone?
Toblerone is pronounced /ˈtoʊbləɹoʊn/.
What is the plural of Toblerone?
The plural of Toblerone is Toblerones.

Words near Toblerone in the dictionary

  1. tobines
  2. Tobins
  3. Tobit
  4. Toblach
  5. Tobler
  6. Toblerone
  7. Toblerone tunnel
  8. Toblerone tunnels
  9. Toblerones
  10. tobogan
  11. toboganed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Toblerone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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