flatbed
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flatbed
- /ˈflætˌbɛd/ US
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From flat + bed.
noun flatbeds · flat bed · flat-bed
- An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
- A railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar. The Rotrac E2 shunter was built by German manufacturer Zwiehoff and has been subject to a 14-month trial to prove it can replace diesel traction for moving flatbed wagons in and out of the depot.
- Clipping of flatbed trolley
- A document scanner with a flat bed.
adjective
- Having a flat bed. I can't scan the whole document quickly because I only have a flatbed scanner.
verb flatbeds · flatbedding · flatbedded
- To transport by flatbed. Tatiana went from working the pulley that lifted the treadless tank and placed it on tread, to painting the red star on a finished tank ready to be flatbedded and put into production.
Talk about this word "flatbed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flatbed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. flatbed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flatbed "flatbed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flatbed.
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@misc{flatbed_2026,
title = {flatbed},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flatbed},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
