Word.ws English Dictionary

towrope

towrope noun: a rope (e.g., manila rope, wire rope, cable) used for towing large objects (e.g., motor vehicles, marine vessels, gliders).

towrope: a rope (e.g., manila rope, wire rope, cable) used for towing large objects (e.g., motor vehicles,...
Image: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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
    • During these tricks, skiers rotate over the towrope with both feet.2004, Mary Firestone, Extreme Waterskiing Moves, →ISBN, page 22
    Synonyms:
    towline

towrope meaning in Persian

towrope in Persian

a rope for towing
سیم بکسل

Synonyms of towrope

Forms of towrope

pluraltowropes

Origin of towrope

From tow + rope.

Questions about towrope

What does towrope mean?
Towrope means a rope (e.g., manila rope, wire rope, cable) used for towing large objects (e.g., motor vehicles, marine vessels, gliders).
What is towrope in Persian?
Towrope in Persian is سیم بکسل. See Towrope meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is towrope?
Towrope is a noun.
What is the plural of towrope?
The plural of towrope is towropes.

Words near towrope in the dictionary

  1. Towrang
  2. towre
  3. towres
  4. Towrie
  5. Towries
  6. towrope
  7. towropes
  8. Towry
  9. Towrys
  10. tows
  11. tows the line

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “towrope.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/towrope. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.