flatbed

[flat-bed]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flatbed¹

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

Example Sentences

On the morning after Easter, there lies a movie monster, star of the sequel “Alligator II,” stretched out on a flatbed truck.

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Last year, an archivist located the negative and brought it to one of Bettman’s labs, where she placed it on a flatbed scanner.

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Two flatbed trucks were driven out into a clearing – on the back of each a heavy machine gun and a gunner, scanning the skies.

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When nobody answered, the tow truck operator began loading the truck onto the flatbed.

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“Typically these sculptures, when we do exhibitions, take about a dozen men and two forklifts to move it and a flatbed or a truck to carry it,” Winn said.

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