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Flatbed — may refer to:* Flatbed truck, a type of vehicle * Flatbed scanner, a common design for computer image scanners * Flatbed printer, a printer able to manage very thick media … Wikipedia
flatbed — [flat′bed΄] adj. ☆ 1. designating or of a truck, trailer, etc. having a bed or platform without sides or stakes 2. Printing designating or of a press having a plane or horizontal printing surface: cf. ROTARY PRESS n. ☆ 1. a flatbed truck, trailer … English World dictionary
flatbed — ► NOUN 1) (before another noun ) denoting a vehicle with a flat load carrying area. 2) Computing a scanner, plotter, or other device which keeps paper flat during use … English terms dictionary
flatbed — flat|bed [ˈflætbed] adj [only before noun] having a flat surface to put something on ▪ a flatbed scanner ▪ a flatbed truck >flatbed n … Dictionary of contemporary English
flatbed — /flat bed /, n. a truck or trailer having an open body in the form of a platform without sides or stakes. Also called flatbed trailer, flatbed truck. Cf. stake truck. [1870 75, for an earlier sense; FLAT1 + BED] * * * … Universalium
flatbed — [[t]flæ̱tbed[/t]] flatbeds N COUNT: oft N n (The form flatbed truck is also used, especially in American English.) A flatbed is a truck that has a long flat platform with no sides … English dictionary
flatbed — UK [ˈflætˌbed] / US noun [countable] Word forms flatbed : singular flatbed plural flatbeds mainly American a truck or trailer with no roof or sides, used for carrying large or heavy goods … English dictionary
flatbed — noun Flatbed is used before these nouns: ↑lorry, ↑trailer, ↑truck … Collocations dictionary
flatbed scanner — noun (computing) An apparatus which has a flat sheet of glass onto which documents are placed for scanning by a light beam • • • Main Entry: ↑flat * * * flatbed scanner UK US noun [countable] [singular flatbed scanner … Useful english dictionary
Flatbed digital printer — Flatbed Digital printing is the reproduction of digital images on physical surfaces, such as common or photographic paper, film, cloth, plastic, etc. A Flatbed Digital Printer allows for a wide range of rigid or flat objects to be printed on,… … Wikipedia
