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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.
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Origin of flatbed

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