CABIN CAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cabin car mean? 

• CABIN CAR (noun)
  The noun CABIN CAR has 1 sense:

1. a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train

  Familiarity information: CABIN CAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CABIN CAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cabin car; caboose

Hypernyms ("cabin car" is a kind of...):

car; railcar; railroad car; railway car (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad)

Holonyms ("cabin car" is a member of...):

freight train; rattler (a railroad train consisting of freight cars)