Meanings
plural tow trucks
- A truck (lorry) typically equipped with winches, chains, and related equipment, and used to tow disabled vehicles.
Synonyms: towie, wrecker, breakdown lorry, breakdown truck, recovery truck, tower
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA truck (lorry) typically equipped with winches, chains, and related equipment, and used to tow disabled vehicles.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan grua
- gruamotor vehicle for towing
Chinese Mandarin 拖車 /拖车, 拖吊車 /拖吊车
- 拖車 /拖车 (tuōchē)motor vehicle for towing
- 拖吊車 /拖吊车 (tuōdiàochē)motor vehicle for towing
Czech odtahové vozidlo, odtahový automobil
- odtahové vozidlomotor vehicle for towing
- odtahový automobilmotor vehicle for towing
- odtahovkamotor vehicle for towing
Danish bjærgningskøretøj
- bjærgningskøretøjmotor vehicle for towing
Dutch takelwagen, bergingsvoertuig
- takelwagenmotor vehicle for towing
- bergingsvoertuigmotor vehicle for towing
Estonian puksiirauto
- puksiirautomotor vehicle for towing
Finnish hinausauto
- hinausautomotor vehicle for towing
French dépanneuse, remorqueuse
- dépanneusemotor vehicle for towing
- remorqueusemotor vehicle for towing
- camion de remorquagemotor vehicle for towing
German Abschleppwagen, Abschleppfahrzeug
- Abschleppwagenmotor vehicle for towing
- Abschleppfahrzeugmotor vehicle for towing
Hungarian autómentő
- autómentőmotor vehicle for towing
Icelandic dráttarbíll
- dráttarbíllmotor vehicle for towing
Indonesian mobil derek
- mobil derekmotor vehicle for towing
Irish trucail tarraingthe
- trucail tarraingthemotor vehicle for towing
Italian camion di rimorchio, carro attrezzi
- camion di rimorchiomotor vehicle for towing
- carro attrezzimotor vehicle for towing
Japanese レッカー車
- レッカー車 (rekkā-sha)motor vehicle for towing
Korean 견인차
- 견인차 (gyeonincha)motor vehicle for towing
Malay trak tunda
- trak tundamotor vehicle for towing
Norwegian slepelastebil, bergingsbil
- slepelastebilmotor vehicle for towing
- bergingsbilmotor vehicle for towing
Polish laweta
- lawetamotor vehicle for towing
Portuguese guincho, caminhão de reboque
- guinchomotor vehicle for towing
- caminhão de reboquemotor vehicle for towing
- reboquemotor vehicle for towing
Romanian autoremorcher
- autoremorchermotor vehicle for towing
Russian авари́йная маши́на, буксиро́вщик
- авари́йная маши́на (avaríjnaja mašína)motor vehicle for towing
- буксиро́вщик (buksiróvščik)motor vehicle for towing
- эвакуа́тор (evakuátor)motor vehicle for towing
Spanish grúa, remolque
- grúamotor vehicle for towing
- remolquemotor vehicle for towing
- servimóvilmotor vehicle for towing
Swedish bärgningsbil, bärgare
- bärgningsbilmotor vehicle for towing
- bärgaremotor vehicle for towing
- bärgningsfordonmotor vehicle for towing
Turkish çekici
- çekicimotor vehicle for towing
Cite this entry
tow truck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tow%20truck
“tow truck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tow%20truck. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tow truck,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tow%20truck.
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