front loader

¹

noun

1. a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the front (as distinguished from atop loader ).

front-loader

²

[fruhnt-loh-der]

noun

1. front-end loader.

2. front loader.

front loader

noun

1. a washing machine with a door at the front which opens one side of the drum into which washing is placed

Word History and Origins

Origin of front loader¹

First recorded in 1955–60