Sekirov Dictionary

flatbed

/ˈflætˌbɛd/

noun 4
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun4

An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
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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
Clipping of flatbed trolley.
A document scanner with a flat bed.

adjective1

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Having a flat bed.
- 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.

verb1

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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. — 2000

forms

flatbedded · flatbedding · flatbeds

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