flatbed

English

A flatbed trailer that should not make high-speed turns

flat +‎ bed

flatbed (plural flatbeds)

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.

freight vehicle — see flatbed truck

type of railway car — see flatcar

flatbed (not comparable)

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.

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