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Noun: tow truck  tow trúk
Usage: N. Amer
  1. A truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
    "They called for a tow truck after their car broke down on the highway";
    - tow car, wrecker [N. Amer], breakdown lorry [Brit]

Derived forms: tow trucks

Type of: lorry [Brit], motortruck [N. Amer], truck

Encyclopedia: Tow truck