flatcar

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noun

A railroad freight car without sides and roof.

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Meanings

nounflatcar (plural flatcars)

plural flatcars · alternative flat car

  1. USrail transportA railroad freight car without sides and roof.

    Synonyms: flatbed, flat wagon, truck

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA railroad freight car without sides and roof.

More synonyms by meaning

nounfreight car without permanent sides or roof

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Arabic مَصْطَبَة
  • مَصْطَبَة (maṣṭaba)railroad freight car without sides and roof
Danish fladvogn
  • fladvognrailroad freight car without sides and roof
Finnish avovaunu
  • avovaunurailroad freight car without sides and roof
French wagon plat
  • wagon platrailroad freight car without sides and roof
German Flachwagen, Plattformwagen
  • Flachwagenrailroad freight car without sides and roof
  • Plattformwagenrailroad freight car without sides and roof
Hungarian pőrekocsi
  • pőrekocsirailroad freight car without sides and roof
Italian carro merci senza sponde, carro merci scoperto
  • carro merci senza sponderailroad freight car without sides and roof
  • carro merci scopertorailroad freight car without sides and roof
Norwegian flatvogn
  • flatvognrailroad freight car without sides and roof
Russian ваго́н-платфо́рма, платфо́рма
  • ваго́н-платфо́рма (vagón-platfórma)railroad freight car without sides and roof
  • платфо́рма (platfórma)railroad freight car without sides and roof
Spanish vagón plataforma
  • vagón plataformarailroad freight car without sides and roof
Swedish flatvagn
  • flatvagnrailroad freight car without sides and roof

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Cite this entry
APA

flatcar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatcar

MLA

“flatcar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatcar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flatcar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatcar.

Source: flatcar on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.