Flatbed
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
- 2 an open truck bed or trailer with no sides; used to carry large heavy objects wordnet
- 3 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."
- 4 freight car without permanent sides or roof wordnet
- 5 Clipping of flatbed trolley. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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- 6 A document scanner with a flat bed.
- 1 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."
- 1 Having a flat bed. not-comparable
"I can't scan the whole document quickly because I only have a flatbed scanner."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From flat + bed.
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