flatbed

English

noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Compound from English flat (apartment, dwelling, flatten, make flat) + English bed.

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English

bed

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