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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the area for food preparation on a ship [syn: galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse]
2: a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train [syn: cabin car, caboose]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably from Dutch kabuis, kombuis, from Middle Low German kab?se Date: 1769 1. a ship's galley 2. a freight-train car attached usually to the rear mainly for the use of the train crew 3. one that follows or brings up the rear 4. buttocks

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a kitchen on a ship's deck. 2 US a guard's van; a car on a freight train for workmen etc. Etymology: Du. cabuse, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Caboose Ca*boose" (k[.a]*b[=oo]s"), n. [Cf. D. kabuis, kombuis, Dan. kabys, Sw. kabysa, G. kabuse a little room or hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W. cab cabin, booth. Cf. Cabin.] [Written also camboose.] 1. (Naut.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley. 2. (Railroad) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car. [U. S.]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Written also Camboose.] Cook-room (of a ship), galley.

Moby Thesaurus

Pullman, Pullman car, baggage car, bakehouse, bakery, boxcar, camboose, car, carriage, chair car, coach, coal car, cookery, cookhouse, cookroom, covered waggon, cuisine, day coach, diner, dinghy, dining car, drawing room, flat, flatcar, galley, gondola, kitchen, kitchenette, local, luggage van, mail car, mail van, palace car, parlor car, passenger car, railway car, reefer, refrigerator car, roomette, scullery, sleeper, smoker, smoking car, stockcar, tank, tender, truck, van, waggon