flatbed

[ flat-bed ]

/ ˈflætˌbɛd /

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noun

Also called flatbed trailer, flatbed truck . a truck or trailer having an open body in the form of a platform without sides or stakes.Compare stake truck.

flatbed scanner.

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Origin of flatbed

1870–75, for an earlier sense; flat¹ + bed

Words nearby flatbed

flasket, flat, flat arch, flat as a pancake, flat back, flatbed, flat-bed lorry, flat-bed plotter, flat-bed press, flatbed scanner, flatboat

Example sentences from the Web for flatbed

Under cover of darkness, Spath cut the lock on the gate and used a forklift borrowed from Olivarez’s parents to load their son’s 64 hive boxes, four to a pallet, onto a flatbed truck.
Bee theft is almost a perfect crime—but there’s a new sheriff in town|Andrew Zaleski|February 9, 2021|Popular Science
He had to purchase another truck and a flatbed, and eventually two and then three, and more.
Amanda Gorman and the Art of Being Unfinished and Imperfect|Susanna Schrobsdorff|January 24, 2021|Time
In Donetsk it is presumed to have been off-loaded from the flatbed and started to move in a convoy on its own.
MH17 Missile Can't Hide From These Internet Sleuths|Eliot Higgins|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Flatbed trucks have been spotted carrying tanks toward Gaza.
War in Gaza Poses Risks for All Sides|Dan Ephron|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The two horses pulling the wagon, a flatbed with railed sides, halted at the creek.
Shaman|Robert Shea

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