caboose
/kəˈbuːs/
noun
- The last car on a freight train, used by the crew for working or living.
- The conductor waved from the caboose as the train pulled away.
- Old photographs show a red caboose at the end of the long line of freight cars.
- The children loved to watch the caboose disappear around the bend.
- A small building or structure used as a lookout or shelter, especially in a sports stadium or at a construction site.
- From the caboose at the top of the bleachers, the coach could see the entire field.
- Workers took their lunch break in the caboose near the construction site.
- The umpire sat in the caboose behind home plate to stay out of the sun.
- The last or final position in a sequence or group.
- Our team finished in the caboose of the race, but we were proud to complete it.
- The slowest hiker always ends up in the caboose of the group.
- In the parade, the marching band brought up the caboose.