flatbed

A noun referring to a type of freight car without permanent sides or roof, or an open truck bed or trailer with no sides, used to carry large heavy objects.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un tipo de vagón de carga sin laterales fijos ni techo, o la plataforma de carga abierta y sin bordes de un camión o remolque, utilizada para transportar objetos grandes y pesados.

1. Flatbed truck or trailer B1 formal

   An open truck bed or trailer with no sides or roof, designed for carrying large, heavy, or oversized items.

   • The construction company used a flatbed to transport steel beams.
   • A flatbed trailer carried the heavy machinery to the site.
   • They loaded the large crates onto the flatbed for delivery.

   🇪🇸Camión o remolque de plataforma

2. Flatbed railcar B1 formal

   A freight car without permanent sides or a roof, used for transporting large or bulky goods by rail.

   • The train had several flatbeds carrying shipping containers.
   • Logs were loaded onto a flatbed railcar for transport.
   • The flatbed railcar carried oversized equipment across the country.

   🇪🇸Vagón plataforma

   Sinónimos: flatcar

• flatbeds plural form
• flatbeds' possessive plural form
• flatbed's possessive singular form