caboose

ca·boose  (k-bs)

n.

1. The last car on a freight train, having kitchen and sleeping facilities for the train crew.

2. Obsolete

a. A ship's galley.

b. Any of various cast-iron cooking ranges used in such galleys during the early 19th century.

c. An outdoor oven or fireplace.

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[Possibly from obsolete Dutch cabuse, ship's galley, from Middle Low German kabse : perhaps *kab-, cabin; akin to Old French cabane; see cabin + Middle High German hs, house.]

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caboose [kəˈbuːs]

n

1. US informal short for calaboose

2. (Transport / Railways) Railways US and Canadian a guard's van, esp one with sleeping and eating facilities for the train crew

3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical

a.  a deckhouse for a galley aboard ship or formerly in Canada, on a lumber raft

b.  Chiefly Brit the galley itself

4. Canadian

a.  a mobile bunkhouse used by lumbermen, etc.

b.  an insulated cabin on runners, equipped with a stove

[from Dutch cabūse, of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	caboose - the area for food preparation on a ship cookhouse, ship's galley, galley cuddy - the galley or pantry of a small ship kitchen - a room equipped for preparing meals ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight
	2.	caboose - a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train cabin car railcar, railroad car, railway car, car - a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" freight train, rattler - a railroad train consisting of freight cars

Translations

caboose [kəˈbuːs] N (US) → furgón m de cola

caboose

n

(Naut) → Kombüse f

(US Rail) → Dienstwagen m