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tow rope

tow rope is the alternative spelling of towrope.

Meaning of towrope

Noun

towrope (plural towropes)

  1. A rope (e.g., manila rope, wire rope, cable) used for towing large objects (e.g., motor vehicles, marine vessels, gliders).
    • Near-synonym: towline
    Synonyms:
    towline

Forms of tow rope

pluraltow ropes

Questions about tow rope

What is tow rope the alternative spelling of?
Tow rope is the alternative spelling of towrope.

Words near tow rope in the dictionary

  1. tow lines
  2. TOW missile
  3. TOW missiles
  4. tow ring
  5. tow rings
  6. tow rope
  7. tow ropes
  8. tow the line
  9. tow truck
  10. tow trucks
  11. tow'r

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tow rope (page history and authors); towrope (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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