different between flatcar vs flatbed

English

Alternative forms

• flat car (UK)

Etymology

From flat +? car.

Noun

flatcar (plural flatcars)

1. (rail transport) A railroad freight car without sides or a roof.

Synonyms

• flat wagon

Translations

See also

• boxcar

Anagrams

• fractal

English

Etymology

flat +? bed

Noun

flatbed (plural flatbeds)

1. An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
2. A railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar.
3. (computing) A document scanner with a flat bed.

Translations

Adjective

flatbed (not comparable)

1. Having a flat bed.

   I can't scan the whole document quickly because I only have a flatbed scanner.

   The accident left the contents of a flatbed trailer scattered across all three lanes.

Verb

flatbed (third-person singular simple present flatbeds, present participle flatbedding, simple past and past participle flatbedded)

1. To transport by flatbed.

Usage notes

The verb "to flatbed" is most commonly used when referring to the transportation of a vehicle, to make it clear that the vehicle is not being driven.