railway flatcar; open cart; hospital gurney
Meanings
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railway flatcar; open freight wagon (without roof or walls)
Refers specifically to railway rolling stock designed for transporting oversized or heavy cargo that does not require protection from weather.
This batch of steel was transported by flatcar.
That freight train had five flatcars attached.
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Railway flatcars are suitable for transporting oversized machinery and equipment.
noun
open cart; flatbed cart (without sideboards)
Typically drawn by animals or pushed by humans; historically common in rural areas for agricultural transport.
Grandpa used a flatbed cart to pull the wheat home.
He pushed a cartload of vegetables to the market on a flatbed cart.
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Flatbed carts were often used to transport manure in rural areas in the past.
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hospital gurney; stretcher trolley; patient transport trolley
Medical equipment designed for transporting patients who are unable to walk or must remain in a supine position.
The nurse pushed the gurney and took the patient into the operating room.
The doctor asked the patient to lie on the gurney for examination.
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Gurneys were coming and going in the emergency room.