flatbed
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
- 2021 December 29, “Network News: DRS acquires compact electric shunter”, in RAIL, number 947, page 14, photo caption:
- 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.
- Clipping of flatbed trolley.
- (computing) A document scanner with a flat bed.
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
freight vehicle — see flatbed truck
type of railway car — see flatcar
See also[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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.
Verb[edit]
flatbed (third-person singular simple present flatbeds, present participle flatbedding, simple past and past participle flatbedded)
- To transport by flatbed.
- 2000, Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman, →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.
- 2011 -, James Hayman, The Cutting, →ISBN:
- '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.
- 2012, Rus Bradburd, Make It, Take It, →ISBN, page 23:
- “I'm going to have to flatbed this vehicle,” Larry said with an air of importance that irritated Pytel.
Usage notes[edit]
- The verb "to flatbed" is most commonly used when referring to the transportation of a vehicle, to make it clear that the vehicle is not being driven.