caboose

noun/kəˈbus/

Frequency rank: #18,785 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

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

Illustration for the English word “caboose”

Example sentence

The children waved at the conductor standing on the back of the caboose.

Synonyms & related words

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