wrecker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wrecker	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for wrecker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wrecker n someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks Synonym(s): saboteur, wrecker, diversionist a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) Synonym(s): tow truck, tow car, wrecker
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrecker \Wreck"er\, n. 1. One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like. 2. One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West. 3. A vessel employed by wreckers.