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  • adjective That can be towed.

Etymologies

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tow +‎ -able

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Examples

  • But we also have what we call towable products, travel trailers, fifth-wheel trailers.

    CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2005 2005

  • RVs include motor homes, which come with their own engines and driving compartments, and various kinds of " towable " travel trailers.

    RVs Take Slow Road Toward Growth James R. Hagerty 2010

  • MicroLogic began offering wireless solutions to address a number of operational and asset management challenges in the construction industry, entering into the emerging market for wireless tracking and monitoring of construction equipment assets such as towable generators, excavators, bulldozers, backhoes, rock drills and cranes.

    eTrucker News 2008

  • MicroLogic began offering wireless solutions to address a number of operational and asset management challenges in the construction industry, entering into the emerging market for wireless tracking and monitoring of construction equipment assets such as towable generators, excavators, bulldozers, backhoes, rock drills and cranes.

    eTrucker News 2008

  • Brown, with a white stripe circling both ends and white “laces” down the center, the towable grill cooks ribs for about 500 of your closest friends

    Smoke Signals: Get your game grill on Jim Shahin 2010

  • If I were you, I'd download some instructions on building a couple of towable barrel traps like they use to catch bears.

    My area has a new population of ferrel pigs. 2009

  • If I were you, I'd download some instructions on building a couple of towable barrel traps like they use to catch bears.

    My area has a new population of ferrel pigs. 2009

  • Thor is a market leader in the towable sector which has better prospects of growing, write Gregory Badishkania, analyst at Citi Group noting the company’s strong cash position makes it more likely to gain market share.

    Harley Speeds Ahead, Chased By Slipping Sales 2010

  • Thor is a market leader in the towable sector which has better prospects of growing, write Gregory Badishkania, analyst at Citi Group noting the company’s strong cash position makes it more likely to gain market share.

    Harley Speeds Ahead, Chased By Slipping Sales 2010

  • U.S. sales of RVs — ranging from towable campers costing as little as $4,000 to bus-like behemoths with two bathrooms and king-size beds for $300,000 or more — boomed from 2000 through 2007 as Americans tapped their swelling home equity to buy shelter on wheels.

    RVs Map a Different Road Back James R. Hagerty 2010

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