caboose

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buttocks
A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel
The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van
{n} a ship's movable fire place for cooking
Slang: Buttocks
A house on deck, where the cooking is done; commonly called the galley
a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
A car, usually placed at the end of a freight train, in which the conductor has an office and living quarters With increasing use of computer controls, cabooses are being replaced with ETD (End of Train Device) or FRED (Flashing Rear End Device)See Also: End of train device Flashing rear end device
Car for the brakeman and other crew; office for the conductor at the rear of a freight train
{i} last car on a train; kitchen on ship
The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guards van
A term used in the United States to describe a brake van
a tool car
A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc
the area for food preparation on a ship
a small railway carriage at the back of a train, usually where the person in charge of it travels British Equivalent: guard's van (cabuis, from kabuse)
brake van
cabooses
plural of caboose
caboose

    Hyphenation

    ca·boose

    Turkish pronunciation

    kıbus

    Synonyms

    guards van

    Pronunciation

    /kəˈbo͞os/ /kəˈbuːs/

    Etymology

    [ k&-'büs ] (noun.) 1769. probably from Dutch kabuis, from Middle Low German kabuse.
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