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 a top 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

Example Sentences

One Los Angeles County firefighter was killed and another injured Friday in an explosion that ripped through an Antelope Valley quarry as fire crews responded to a burning front loader, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Also on Sunday, online news site Radio graphie reported that the Taliban gang used a front loader to demolish a police station in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Canaan where at least four police officers were killed in a recent attack.

From Seattle 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