caboose

A noun referring to either the area for food preparation on a ship or the last car on a freight train used by the train crew.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa tanto a cozinha de um navio ou embarcação quanto o último vagão de um trem de carga, usado pela tripulação.

1. Ship's galley B2 formal

   The kitchen or food preparation area on a ship.

   • The chef prepared meals in the ship's caboose.
   • The sailors gathered in the caboose for their evening meal.
   • The caboose on the old vessel was small but well-equipped.

   🇵🇹Cozinha de bordo

   Sinônimos: cookhousegalleykitchen

2. Train crew car B1 formal american

   A car on a freight train used by the train crew, typically the last car on the train.

   • The conductor sat in the caboose at the end of the train.
   • The caboose was painted bright red and could be seen from a distance.
   • Modern trains rarely use a caboose anymore.

   🇵🇹Vagão de cauda

   Sinônimos: van

• cabooses plural form
• cabooses' possessive plural form
• caboose's possessive singular form