front loader

noun

variants or front-loader

ˈfrənt-ˌlō-dər 

plural front loaders or front-loaders

1

: a washing machine with a horizontally positioned drum and a door that opens at the front : a washing machine that is loaded from the front

With a front loader, leave the door ajar so the inside can dry out between uses. This will keep the machine from getting musty.

—Good Housekeeping

More and more households are switching from top-loading washers with agitators—the familiar old standbys most of us have used for decades—to … front-loaders.

—Consumer Reports

2

: front-end loader

The driver … did not see the front loader clearing snow … and rear-ended the vehicle.

—Lindsay Moore

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for front loader

• decoder
• encoder
• unloader
• coder
• odor
• odour