Tow Car (Noun)
Meaning
A truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The tow car was dispatched to the scene of the accident to transport the damaged vehicle to the repair shop.
- After receiving several warnings, the owner of the car parked in the no-parking zone had it towed away by a tow car.
- A bright orange tow car with flashing lights pulled up behind the broken-down car on the side of the road.
- The city's tow car drivers worked around the clock to remove abandoned vehicles from the streets during the severe weather.
- When his car wouldn't start, he called a tow car service to take it to the nearest garage for repairs.