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flatbed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈflætˌbɛd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From flat + bed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having a flat bed.
   • The accident left the contents of a flatbed trailer scattered across all three lanes.
   • I can't scan the whole document quickly because I only have a flatbed scanner.

flatbed en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈflætˌbɛd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From flat + bed.

Meanings

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.
   • 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. 2021 December 29, “Network News: DRS acquires compact electric shunter”, in RAIL, number 947, page 14, photo caption:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of flatbed trolley.
   alt of flatbed trolley
4. A document scanner with a flat bed.

Forms

Deriveds

flatbed editor · flatbed lorry · flatbed truck

Relateds

dray · stakebody

flatbed en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈflætˌbɛd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From flat + bed.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To transport by flatbed.
   • 'Well, we won't know about prints till we can flatbed his SUV back to Middle Street and check, but given he left the car in a hurry, my guess is we'll find something, maybe quite a lot. 2011 -, James Hayman, The Cutting, →ISBN:
   • 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. 2000, Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman, →ISBN:
   • “I'm going to have to flatbed this vehicle,” Larry said with an air of importance that irritated Pytel. 2012, Rus Bradburd, Make It, Take It, →ISBN, page 23:

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