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

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

A Caltrans crew operating a front loader was clearing the area that day.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2018

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