Caboose

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈbuːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Full definition of caboose

Noun

1. (obsolete, nautical) A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
2. (US, rail transport) The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
3. (slang, baby-talk or euphemistic) buttocks

Synonyms

• (last car on train) guards van obsolete