Definition of Flatbed

1. Noun. Freight car without permanent sides or roof.

Exact synonyms: Flat, Flatcar
Generic synonyms: Freight Car

2. Noun. An open truck bed or trailer with no sides; used to carry large heavy objects.
Generic synonyms: Truck Bed

Definition of Flatbed

1. Noun. an open commercial vehicle with no sides; designed to carry heavy or outsize loads ¹

2. Noun. a railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar ¹

3. Adjective. (computing) (''of a device, such as a scanner or plotter'') having a flat bed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flatbed

1. a type of truck or trailer [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatbed

flat stores
flat tip screwdriver
flat tire
flat tires
flat top waves
flat tyre
flat tyres
flat wart
flat wash
flat white
flat whites
flat wrack
flat wracks
flatback
flatbacks
flatbed (current term)
flatbed lorry
flatbed press
flatbed truck
flatbeds
flatbill
flatbills
flatblock
flatblocks
flatboat
flatboats
flatbottom
flatbottomed
flatbow
flatbows

Literary usage of Flatbed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Drugs of Abuse (1996) edited by Carol Gibson (1996)
"Securing supplies on a flatbed for movement forward The Support Commands 318th Transportation Agency (Movement Control) coordinated the movement by ..."

2. Review of International Technologies for Destruction of Recovered Chemical by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Three CDC models can be moved on flatbed trucks (1 to 8 trailers depending on model). Effective for several munition and agent types; not tested for nerve ..."

3. Transportation Expressions (1996) by Richard Feldman (1998)
"... flatbed: Truck or trailer without sides and top. (ATA1) Flatboat: A rectangular, flat bottomed boat used on the western rivers during the 18th and 19th ..."

4. Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access by Steven T. Puglia, Jeffrey Reed, Erin Rhodes (2005)
"... lighting from only one The close-up on the left shows an embossed seal when scanned on a flatbed scanner with two lights and very even illumination, ..."

5. Surviving Twilight: A Soldier's Chronicle of Daily Life in Iraq by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"In a briefing this afternoon we found out the new unit's trucks are on the way up here on KBR flatbed trailers! I was so excited to hear this. ..."

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