flatbed
IPA: fɫˈætbɛd
noun
- An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
- A railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar.
- (computing) A document scanner with a flat bed.
verb
- To transport by flatbed.
adjective
- Having a flat bed.
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Examples of "flatbed" in Sentences
- Leo Steinberg coined the phrase "flatbed picture plane" for the Rauschenbergs.
- They have come in flatbed trucks and rickety buses, leaving their villages at dawn.
- The vehicle s flatbed is jammed with three essential ingredients: men in cowboy boots and sombreros, cases of cold beer and loudspeakers set at a deep bass.
- The adjuster came within 20 minutes, called a flatbed tow truck, completed all the insurance paperwork, and assured us that the cuota would pay for everything because the road conditions were indeed deplorable.
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