caboose

Meanings

Plural: cabooses

Noun

• the area for food preparation on a ship
• a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
• A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
• A small sand-filled container used as an oven on board ship.
• The last car on a freight train, consisting of cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
• The buttocks.
• The person or team in last place.
• A youngest child who is born after a long gap in time.

Synonyms

cabin car, cookhouse, galley, guard's van, ship's galley