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Noun: caboose  ku'boos
Usage: N. Amer
  1. The area for food preparation on a ship
    - galley, ship's galley, cookhouse
     
  2. A car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
    - cabin car

Derived forms: cabooses

Type of: bogie [Asia], car, kitchen, railcar, railroad car [N. Amer], railway car [Brit, Cdn], railway carriage [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: freight train, rattler [N. Amer], ship

Encyclopedia: Caboose

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