A vehicle used to tow away broken down vehicles.(noun)
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Use "tow truck" in a sentence
"The place was bristling with knives and guns, and a substantial portion of the clientele was made up of weird hustlers like the rough-trade queen who drove a tow truck around town lifting up people’s cars and waiting for them to rush out and bribe him to lower the wheels back to the asphalt and crackheads."
"A tow truck pulling a wrecked car was sponsored by Buster's Collision Service, "Where We Meet by Accident.""