Definition of Tow truck

1. Noun. A truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones).

Exact synonyms: Tow Car, Wrecker
Generic synonyms: Motortruck, Truck
Derivative terms: Wreck

Definition of Tow truck

1. Noun. A vehicle used to tow away broken down vehicles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tow Truck

tovarish
tovarishch
tovarishches
tovarishes
tow
tow-colored
tow-haired
tow-head
tow-headed snake
tow-truck
tow-trucks
tow bar
tow bars
tow car
tow haired
tow truck (current term)
tow trucks
towable
towage
towages
towall
towalls
toward
toward land
toward the sea
towardliest
towardliness
towardlinesses
towardly
towardness

Literary usage of Tow truck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997 by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"tow truck dispatchers take calls for emergency road service. They relay the problem to a nearby service station or a tow truck service and see to it that ..."

2. Transportationby Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Jo Ellen Moore by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Jo Ellen Moore (2005)
"Use similar language to introduce the remaining vehicles that travel on land (car, train, pickup truck, van, tow truck). Say: Here are some vehicles that ..."

3. Divide and Rule: State-Sponsored Ethnic Violence in Kenya by Binaifer Nowrojee, Bronwen Manby, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Africa Watch Committee (1993)
"They took strong rope and tied it behind my back and I was lifted up by a tow truck. I was only able to see the ground. They took two electric machines. ..."

4. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1994-1995 by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"tow truck dispatchers take calls for emergency road service. They relay the problem to a nearby gas station or a tow truck service and see to it that the ..."

5. ABC's of Afv's: A Guide to Alternative Fuel Vehicles by Bob Aldrich (1997)
"... shuttle buses, "trolley" buses, tow truck, utility crew trucks. Ten public and private fleets participating, including: Cities of Chula Vista, ..."

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