flat·bed
ˈflat-ˌbed 
: having a horizontal bed on which the work rests
a flatbed printing press
a flatbed scanner
: a motortruck or trailer with a body in the form of a platform or shallow box
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Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Reynolds found George first, dragged him to the flatbed car in the rear and held him at gunpoint as Leaphorn arrived.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Apr. 2025
Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
The vehicle collided twice with the flatbed and rolled over multiple times.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
In the nineteen-fifties, Joe Papp, the founder of the Public Theatre, would travel the five boroughs with a flatbed trailer hitched to a garbage truck, offering free Shakespeare to all New Yorkers.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Reynolds found George first, dragged him to the flatbed car in the rear and held him at gunpoint as Leaphorn arrived.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
The newborns were found May 20 on the flatbed under a shopping cart by a PetSmart in Riverside County.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
The vehicle collided twice with the flatbed and rolled over multiple times.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Flatbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flatbed. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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flatbed
1 of 2 adjective
flat·bed
ˈflat-ˌbed
: having a horizontal bed on which material rests
a flatbed scanner
flatbed
2 of 2 noun
: a truck or trailer with a body in the form of a platform or shallow box
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