Meaning

3 senses
  1. An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.

    an open truck bed or trailer with no sides; used to carry large heavy objects

  2. A railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar.

    freight car without permanent sides or roof

  3. A document scanner with a flat bed.

Origin

From flat + bed.

From flat + bed.

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Forms

plural: flatbeds

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • freight car without permanent sides or roof:flatcarflat

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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