flatbed
Americannoun
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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.
Etymology
Origin of flatbed
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
Ernesto propped himself against a flatbed among the troques.
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
It was like a fire bucket brigade, with workers passing the melons down the line to be placed into large boxes on a flatbed, a process the owner called “pitching.”
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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