Definitions for caboosekəˈbus
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ca•boosekəˈbus(n.)
a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usu. attached to the rear of the train.
Category: Railroads
a ship's galley.
Category: British, Navy
Origin of caboose:
1740–50; < early modern D cabūse (D kabuis) ship's galley
Princeton's WordNet
galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse(noun)
the area for food preparation on a ship
cabin car, caboose(noun)
a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
Wiktionary
caboose(Noun)
A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
caboose(Noun)
The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guardu2019s van.
caboose(Noun)
buttocks
Webster Dictionary
Caboose(noun)
a house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley
Caboose(noun)
a car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car
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