different between outsize vs flatbed

English

Etymology

From out- +? size.

Noun

outsize (plural outsizes)

1. an unusually large garment size

Synonyms

• (initialism) OS

Adjective

outsize (not comparable)

1. of an unusually large size [from the later 19th c.]
   • 1958, P. G. Wodehouse, The Fat of the Land, in 'A Few Quick Ones', Everyman, London: 2009, p 11.

     ...the contents of the kitty amounted to well over a hundred pounds. And it was generally recognized that this impressive sum must inevitably go to the lucky stiff who drew the name of Lord Blicester, for while all the starters were portly, having long let their waist-lines go, not one of them could be considered in the class of Freddie's outsize uncle.

Synonyms

• outsized

Verb

outsize (third-person singular simple present outsizes, present participle outsizing, simple past and past participle outsized)

1. to exceed in size
   • 2005, Los Angeles Times headline, September 25, 2005 [2],

     Mega-ship to outsize seas' reigning Queen.

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.