As nouns the difference between acorn and caboose
is that
acorn is the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule while
caboose is (obsolete|nautical) a small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
acorn English
Noun
( en noun)
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
(zoology) See acorn-shell .
(slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
Derived terms
* acorn cup
* acorn nut
* acorn squash
* eggcorn
* ride a horse foaled by an acorn
Holonyms
* (fruit of an oak) oak
See also
* (wikipedia)
Anagrams
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caboose Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete, nautical) A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
(US, rail transport) The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
(slang, baby-talk, or, euphemistic) buttocks
(slang, sports) The person or team in last place.
Synonyms
* (last car on train) guards van (obsolete)
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