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flatbed

American

[flat-bed] / ˈflætˌbɛd /

noun

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.
flatbed scanner.

Etymology

Origin of flatbed

1870–75, for an earlier sense; flat ¹ + bed

Example Sentences

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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

Before noon, a truck pulled up and deposited two cardboard boxes in the back of a flatbed, and left.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

DAT Solutions, a load board matching truckers and loads, said average spot prices for flatbed truck transport rose about 6% in December from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“Are you going to bring la migra down on us?” a farmworker charged with stacking the boxes joked from his position on a flatbed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

And then the camera shows the flatbed drivers parking alongside the road and getting out and going home, and the news switches to a fire in the city.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

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