Caboose

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  • noun. The last car on a freight train, often having kitchen and sleeping facilities for the train crew, and used as a vantage point for spotting problems on the train, such as smoking brakes or the separation of cars. The introduction of electronic sensors has made the caboose unnecessary.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A ship's galley.
  • noun. Any of various cast-iron cooking ranges used in such galleys during the early 1800s.
  • noun. An outdoor oven or fireplace.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The cook-room or kitchen on shipboard; a galley; specifically, the inclosed fireplace, hearth, or stove used for cooking on small vessels.
  • noun. A car for the use of the conductor, brakemen, etc., on a freight-train.
  • noun. An inclosed wagon for conveying workmen to mines.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.
  • noun. A car used on freight or construction trains as travelling quarters for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car. It usually is the last car of the train.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
  • noun. The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
  • noun. buttocks
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the area for food preparation on a ship
  • noun. a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
  • Word Usage
    "It is useful to point out the desired behavior in other children-"See how nicely that boy is playing with others"-but parents should refrain from adding what he calls the "caboose"-a phrase like "Why can't you do that?""
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    galley