flatbed
/ˈflætˌbɛd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar.
noun
Example Sentences
- "The Rotrac E2 shunter was built by German manufacturer Zwiehoff and has been subject to a 14-month trial to prove it can replace diesel traction for moving flatbed wagons in and out of the depot."
- "I can't scan the whole document quickly because I only have a flatbed scanner."
- "The accident left the contents of a flatbed trailer scattered across all three lanes."
- "Tatiana went from working the pulley that lifted the treadless tank and placed it on tread, to painting the red star on a finished tank ready to be flatbedded and put into production."
- "'Well, we won't know about prints till we can flatbed his SUV back to Middle Street and check, but given he left the car in a hurry, my guess is we'll find something, maybe quite a lot."
- "“I'm going to have to flatbed this vehicle,” Larry said with an air of importance that irritated Pytel."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈflætˌbɛd/