front loader

¹ 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 ² American  

[fruhnt-loh-der] / ˈfrʌntˌloʊ dər /

noun

1. front-end loader.

2. front 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 • Jun. 14, 2024

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

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2023

Another front loader pushes the freshly arrived mounds.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2022

This month, photos showed a front loader running over 76 shishas laid on a street in a city north of Cairo.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2021

At 19, he started out buying a broken front loader, a machine for scooping dirt into trucks — then fixing it and hiring it out.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2017