caboose
A small sand-filled container used as an oven on board shipA small sand-filled container used as an oven on board ship.
» I'm in the caboose.
Ich bin im letzten Waggon.
Meaning
6 senses(historical)A small sand-filled container used as an oven on board ship.
(US)The last car on a freight train, consisting of cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
Güterzugbegleitwagen, Bremserwagen
за́дний тормозно́й ваго́нzádnij tormoznój vagón, тормозно́й ваго́н сза́диtormoznój vagón szádi
a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
(childish, euphemistic, slang)The buttocks.
Hintern
за́дницаzádnica
(slang)The person or team in last place.
аутса́йдерautsájder
(in compounds, informal, often)A youngest child who is born after a long gap in time.
(obsolete)A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
Kombüse
ка́мбузkámbuz
Examples
1 sentencesI'm in the caboose.
deIch bin im letzten Waggon.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 3
Origin
From Dutch kabuis, kombuis (“galley, kitchen”) or German Low German Kabüüs (“galley”), froFrom Dutch kabuis, kombuis (“galley, kitchen”) or German Low German Kabüüs (“galley”), from Middle Dutch cabûse and Middle Low German kabûs, kabûse respectively.
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Forms
plural: caboosesSynonyms
5 synonyms- a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train:cabin car
- the area for food preparation on a ship:galleyship's galleycookhouse
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular