ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Flatbed

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈflætˌbɛd/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Flatbed is a noun meaning An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.

Meaning

An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.

More Meanings

  1. A railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar.
  2. Clipping of flatbed trolley.
  3. (computing) A document scanner with a flat bed.
  4. Having a flat bed.
  5. To transport by flatbed.

Example Sentences

I can't scan the whole document quickly because I only have a flatbed scanner.
The accident left the contents of a flatbed trailer scattered across all three lanes.
“I'm going to have to flatbed this vehicle,” Larry said with an air of importance that irritated Pytel.
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.

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