[rek-er] 
| 1. | a person or thing that wrecks. |
| 2. | a person, car, or train employed in removing wreckage, debris, etc., as from railroad tracks. |
| 3. | Also called tow car, tow truck. a vehicle equipped with a mechanical apparatus for hoisting and pulling, used to tow wrecked, disabled, or stalled automobiles. |
| 4. | Also called housewrecker. a person whose business it is to demolish and remove houses or other buildings, as in clearing sites for other use. |
| 5. | a person or vessel employed in recovering salvage from wrecked or disabled vessels. |
| 6. | a person who plunders wrecks, esp. after exhibiting false signals in order to cause shipwrecks. |
| tow car | |
noun | |
| a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) [syn: tow truck] |
