flat·bed
ˈflat-ˌbed 
: having a horizontal bed on which the work rests
a flatbed printing press
a flatbed scanner
: a motortruck or trailer with a body in the form of a platform or shallow box
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
He had been pulled under a flatbed truck hauling concrete barriers and driven by an 18-year-old.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Jillian Steinhauer, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
On the afternoon of September 17, 1963, fifty-seven Mexican guest workers living at a labor camp in Salinas, California, finished up a 10-hour day harvesting vegetables and boarded a flatbed produce truck.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
The 60-year-old driver of the flatbed truck remained at the scene.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
He had been pulled under a flatbed truck hauling concrete barriers and driven by an 18-year-old.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
Big black letters on either side of the flatbed proclaimed ART IS …
O’Grady, then 48, had decided to become an artist just six years before, after two marriages, an attempt at a novel, and stints as a translator and rock critic.
—Jillian Steinhauer, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
On the afternoon of September 17, 1963, fifty-seven Mexican guest workers living at a labor camp in Salinas, California, finished up a 10-hour day harvesting vegetables and boarded a flatbed produce truck.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Flatbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flatbed. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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flatbed
1 of 2 adjective
flat·bed
ˈflat-ˌbed
: having a horizontal bed on which material rests
a flatbed scanner
flatbed
2 of 2 noun
: a truck or trailer with a body in the form of a platform or shallow box
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