flatcar
UK/'flætkɑ:/US
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Definitions
n.
A railroad freight car with a flat floor and no sides or roof.
平板货车（铁路）。
Root Breakdown
Native Englishflat + car = a flat-bedded railway car. Here car keeps its older sense of 'wheeled vehicle / railway carriage.'
Root car still carries 96 more wordsExample Sentences
- 1.
The tank was loaded onto a flatcar for the rail journey.