tow car
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Definition
- Noun:
- A tow truck; a vehicle designed to lift, tow, or transport other vehicles: A "tow car" is a motor vehicle, typically a truck, that is specially equipped with mechanisms like a winch, boom, or flatbed to recover, hoist, and pull disabled, improperly parked, or wrecked automobiles.
Usage
- The term "tow car" is used to refer to the service vehicle itself. It is often used interchangeably with "tow truck" or "wrecker."
- It is commonly seen in contexts involving vehicle breakdowns, accidents, traffic enforcement, and automotive services.
Examples
- Noun:
- After my car broke down on the highway, I called for a tow car.
- The city contracted a company to provide tow cars for removing vehicles from no-parking zones.
- The accident scene was cleared once the tow car arrived.
Advanced Usage
- The term can be part of compound nouns in specific contexts, such as "tow car operator" or "tow car service," which refer to the driver or the business providing the towing service, respectively.
Variants and Related Words
- Tow truck (n): The most common synonym for "tow car."
- Wrecker (n): Another term for a vehicle used to tow disabled cars, especially in some regional dialects.
- Recovery vehicle (n): A more formal term often used in the automotive and insurance industries.
Synonyms
- Tow truck
- Wrecker
- Breakdown lorry (chiefly British English)
Related Phrases
- Call a tow: An informal phrase meaning to summon a tow car/tow truck.
- I had to call a tow when my battery died.
- Get towed: A passive phrase describing the action performed by a tow car.
- My car got towed because I was parked illegally.
Noun
- a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)