flatbed truck

English

A flatbed towtruck

Noun

flatbed truck (plural flatbed trucks)

1. (US) a truck with no sides, used to carry large, heavy objects
2. A form of such a truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.

Synonyms

• (truck with no sided): flatbed, flatbed lorry (Britain)
• (a form of such truck used as a tow truck or for transporting vehicles): rollback, slide truck

Translations

truck with no sides

• Finnish: avolavakuorma-auto

tow truck — see tow truck