Meaning

1 senses
  1. A truck (lorry) typically equipped with winches, chains, and related equipment, and used to tow disabled vehicles.

    Abschleppwagen, Abschleppfahrzeug

    авари́йная маши́наavaríjnaja mašína, буксиро́вщикbuksiróvščik, эвакуа́торevakuátor

More definitions
  • a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)

Examples

33 sentences
  1. Tom was waiting for a tow truck.

    Том чекав на евакуатор. — deniko

  2. Tom is waiting for a tow truck.

    Том чекає на евакуатор. — deniko

    ruТом ждёт эвакуатор. — marafon

  3. Did you call a tow truck?

    ruТы вызвал тягач? — odexed

    deHast du einen Abschleppwagen gerufen? — Luiaard

  4. We're waiting for a tow truck.

    ruМы ждём тягач. — carlosalberto

  5. I've already called for a tow truck.

    ruЯ уже вызвал эвакуатор. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
motor vehicle for towing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
motor vehicle for towing:

Origin

From tow + truck.

From tow + truck.

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Forms

plural: tow trucks
Singulartow truck
Pluraltow trucks

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones):tow carwrecker

Word family

2 related words

See also

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