flatbed
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈflætˌbɛd/
:
plataforma plana
- The construction workers loaded heavy beams onto the flatbed for the new building.
- flatbed scanner
And if it's not rotating, but let's say it's on a sitting on a train on a flatbed and moving along, it's translating.
- And if it's not rotating, but let's say it's on a sitting on a train on a flatbed and moving along, it's translating.
- Now, when we finished around April, Jerry was put in in charge of a team to escort some catering flatbed trucks.
- So it would just be like a Tesla head with a flatbed butt, with a truck butt.
Examples
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Two men stood in the flatbed, hosing it down; then they began scrubbing with long brooms.
Fiction book (1995) -
A small electric flatbed comes in carrying the nuclear warhead.
Fiction book (1997) -
I brought it on the flatbed.
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There were 26 people on the flatbed at the time of the accident.
Blog text (14) -
I want her on that flatbed and outta here before dawn.
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Fugitives are driving a blue flatbed pickup truck!
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The flatbed was loaded with fat, chocolate-colored rolls a couple of meters long.
Fiction book (2000) -
Here's the plan: we'll get a flatbed, I guess, with a big winch, figure a five ton anyway.
Fiction book (1990) -
Richard grabs a bag of feed from the flatbed and strolls more leisurely.
Fiction book (1995) -
The pickers are impatiently waiting for him on the flatbed; they're going back to the orchard.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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2.5
A small truck with an open back for carrying goods
3
3.6
The flat open space at the back of a truck for carrying things
1
7.4
A train car with a flat floor and no sides or roof
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6.4
A long train car with a flat open deck that carries large heavy things like vehicles
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Etymology
The word flatbed combines flat ('level') and bed ('a base or platform'), so imagine a low, level 'bed' that things sit on. That's why a flatbed is a truck or rail car with a flat open surface and no sides, used to carry big or heavy things.