noun
- trucks or trailers with flat, open platforms for carrying cargo
- scanners or printers with flat glass surfaces on which documents are placed
Usage: technology
Examples
- The construction company used several flatbeds to transport the steel beams.
- Flatbeds are ideal for hauling oversized equipment.
- The shipping company’s flatbeds were loaded with lumber.
- Modern flatbeds can scan documents at high resolution.
- The office has two flatbeds for digitizing old records.
- Heavy machinery is typically transported on flatbeds.
- These flatbeds produce excellent image quality for photographs.