1. A car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
   "The conductor made his way to the caboose at the end of the long freight train";
   - cabin car
    
2. The area for food preparation on a ship
   "The cook prepared meals for the crew in the ship's caboose";
   - galley, ship's galley, cookhouse

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