Caboose Definition

kə-bo͝os
cabooses
noun
cabooses
A ship's kitchen; galley.
Webster's New World
The trainmen's car on a freight train, usually at the rear.
Webster's New World
Any of various cast-iron cooking ranges used in such galleys during the early 1800s.
American Heritage
The buttocks.
Webster's New World
An outdoor oven or fireplace.
American Heritage
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Noun

Singular:
caboose
Plural:
cabooses

Origin of Caboose

  • Possibly from obsolete Dutch cabuse ship's galley from Middle Low German kabūse perhaps kab- cabin Old French cabane cabin Middle High German hūs house

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Caboose Sentence Examples

  • Kids can have an imaginary train ride on the Red Caboose or serve pretend tea at the Victorian Playhouse.

  • The Caboose Family Network website features links to lots of amazing birthday cakes, some of which you would probably never think to do such as a birthday cake decorated like a pizza.

  • It was during this time in which she also made her debut in her fist fillm in Who's the Caboose?

  • In some cases nothing more is required than to attach an engine and brake-van (" caboose ") and despatch the train; but if, as will happen in others, a further rearrangement of XXII.

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