English Explanatory Dictionary

flatbed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
  2. A railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar.
  3. Clipping of flatbed trolley.
  4. A document scanner with a flat bed.
adj
  1. Having a flat bed.
verb
  1. To transport by flatbed.

Pronunciation

/ˈflætˌbɛd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-flatbed.wav

Word forms

flatbed flatbeds flat bed flat-bed flatbedding flatbedded

Etymology

From flat + bed.

Related words

dray stakebody

Derived words

flatbed lorry flatbed editor flatbed truck
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