tow truck
noun [C] (UK also breakdown truck)Definition
› a truck with special equipment for pulling a vehicle that is not working to a place where it can be repairedTrucks, vans and caravans
(Definition of tow truck noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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