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Noun: flatbed  'flat,bed
  1. Freight car without permanent sides or roof
    "The lumber was transported on a flatbed";
    - flatcar [N. Amer], flat [N. Amer]
     
  2. An open truck bed or trailer with no sides; used to carry large heavy objects
    "The construction materials were delivered on a flatbed truck"
     
  3. (computing) a printer or scanner that keeps the paper flat
    "He used a flatbed scanner to digitize old photographs"

Derived forms: flatbeds

Type of: freight car, truck bed

Encyclopedia: Flatbed