flatbed

American  

[flat-bed] / ˈflætˌbɛd /

noun

1. 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.

2. flatbed scanner.

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Etymology

Origin of flatbed

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

Example Sentences

He instead took the job of following the flatbed that carried Spivey and his truck.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the head of their operation was the tractor driver, who pulled a flatbed hitched to the harvest machine.

From Los Angeles Times

They saw people going in and out, carrying boxes out of the house onto a flatbed truck as though they were “sanitizing a crime scene,” the family’s lawsuit says.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Roz was out in the fields, loading hay bales onto the flatbed truck, as towering, puffy clouds rose up from the south.

From Literature