flatbed
Sideless cargo vehicle
A flatbed is a truck or trailer with a flat, open cargo area—no sides or roof—used for hauling large or awkwardly shaped loads: The lumber arrived on a flatbed.
The term also describes a type of scanner or printer where documents lie flat on a glass surface: a flatbed scanner.
As an adjective: flatbed truck, flatbed trailer.
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- semiLarge freight truck
- eighteen-wheelerLarge cargo transport vehicle
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- lorryBritish freight vehicle
chassis · tow · hauler · cab · axle · tarp · straps · tie-downs
Goods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- lumberSawn wood for building
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
equipment · pallets · containers · pipes · coils · construction · oversized · heavy
Ship's flat surface
- surfaceOutermost boundary layer
- trayShallow portable platform
- stageRaised performance platform
- plinthArchitectural support block
base · level · open · unobstructed · loading · railcar · cart · dolly
trailer
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- semiLarge freight truck
- eighteen-wheelerLarge cargo transport vehicle
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
lorry · chassis · tow · hauler · cab · axle · tarp · straps · tie-downs · stake
freight
Goods being transported
machinery · equipment · pallets · containers · pipes · coils · construction · oversized · heavy · bulk
deck
Ship's flat surface
plinth · base · level · open · unobstructed · loading · railcar · cart · dolly · pallet
substrate
Underlying supporting material
signage · acrylic · corrugated · platen · registration · CMYK · graphic · display · POP · industrial
document
Written or electronic file
- opticalOf vision or light
- imagingProducing visual representations
- transparencyState of being see-through
photo · digitize · CCD · sensor · glass · platen · lid · resolution · archive · preservation
- heavy vehiclessemi truck, semi-truck, eighteen-wheeler, 18-wheeler, big rig
- pickup truckspickup, pickup truck, Titan, crew cab, double cab
- cargo vehiclesbox van, freight car, boxcar, panel van, delivery van
- utesutility vehicle, pickup, single cab, crew cab, tray
- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
- truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, truckers, big rig
flatbedenclosed trailer
Boxed vehicle for hauling
box truck · dry van · refrigerated truck · cargo van · reefer
flatbedtanker
Vessel for liquid bulk
dump truck · hopper · box trailer · tank truck · cement mixer
- flatbed truckTruck with open bed
- flatbed trailerSideless towed cargo platform
- flatbed scannerDevice that digitizes flat documents