Definition of "flatbed" []

• An open truck bed or trailer with no sides, used to carry large objects such as heavy machinery, cars, or houses. (noun)
• A railroad flatcar. (noun)

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• "Leo Steinberg coined the phrase "flatbed picture plane" for the Rauschenbergs."
• "They have come in flatbed trucks and rickety buses, leaving their villages at dawn."
• "The vehicle s flatbed is jammed with three essential ingredients: men in cowboy boots and sombreros, cases of cold beer and loudspeakers set at a deep bass."