front-loader

¹ American  

[fruhnt-loh-der] / ˈfrʌntˌloʊ dər /

noun

1. front-end loader.

2. front loader.

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front loader ² American  

noun

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

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front loader British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of front loader

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Speaking to reporters Friday evening, Marrone said the firefighters were battling flames that hadengulfed “a very, very large articulated front loader that was working in a quarry” when the blast occurred.

From Los Angeles Times

Hours after the blast, a KTLA-TV Channel 5 helicopter showed firefighters continuing to spray water on the front loader.

From Los Angeles Times

In between his political and hedge fund work, Heywood zips around his property on a Kawasaki Mule, tending to horses, including six of his own, and using a tractor front loader to scoop and flip a giant pile of manure under a shelter, where it composts and gets spread around as fertilizer.

From Seattle Times

Rescue crews used a front loader to take residents trapped in their homes to safety in Coachella Valley, southern California.

From BBC

It was his longtime neighbor who appeared that day with the answer: a tractor with a front loader bucket purchased a few years ago for the winters.

From New York Times