flatbed
Americannoun
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Also called flatbed trailer,. Also called flatbed truck. a truck or trailer having an open body in the form of a platform without sides or stakes.
Etymology
Origin of flatbed
Example Sentences
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Finally, the trucks would disgorge their citrus into a harvest wagon, the giant flatbed, which would be driven by semitruck to the processing center.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
A flatbed truck carrying a tank rolled through the highlands, making its way through fields of blossoming pink almond trees and yellow wildflowers.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
He instead took the job of following the flatbed that carried Spivey and his truck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
Five flatbed vehicles were also driven past the ground prior to kick-off of the Europa League match, carrying electronic billboards showing messages opposing antisemitism.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025
They said they had driven all the way to a hamlet near Arras in their flatbed farm truck to look for a young cousin and her children.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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