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• front loader
  front loader

  noun

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

  noun

  front-end loader.

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

But if you have access to a large front loader at a nearby laundromat, these rugs come in fantastic patterns and often feel and look like indoor rugs.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

Another front loader pushes the freshly arrived mounds.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2022

Five months later, the group returned with a front loader and slid the cabins 100 feet across the snow.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2019