"flatbed truck" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flatbed trucks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flatbed truck (plural flatbed trucks)
  1. (US) a truck with no sides, used to carry large, heavy objects Tags: US Categories (topical): Vehicles Synonyms: rollback, slide truck Synonyms (truck with no sided): flatbed, flatbed lorry [Britain] Translations (truck with no sides): avolavakuorma-auto (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flatbed_truck-en-noun-NvuwFBTK Disambiguation of Vehicles: 51 49 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'truck with no sided': 72 28 Disambiguation of 'truck with no sides': 88 12
  2. A form of such a truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles. Categories (topical): Vehicles
    Sense id: en-flatbed_truck-en-noun-XVeBeQ3Q Disambiguation of Vehicles: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48

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