front-end loader

noun

plural front-end loaders

: a wheeled or tracked vehicle with a hydraulically operated scoop in front for excavating and loading loose material

called also front loader

Examples of front-end loader in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Casa Grande couple Dianna and Kenneth Neukircher pulled up at about midday, snapping some shots of the front-end loader and excavator at work. — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2023

In September, a construction worker for the same joint venture killed a Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputy in a hit-and-run crash with a front-end loader at a work site, the Tampa Bay Times reported. — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2022

Ultimately, Raum-Suryan and others had to tranquilize the animal and took him back to the water via truck and front-end loader. — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022

There was a front-end loader nearby to keep sand away from the hole, but it was not used to dig, Kubiel said. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for front-end loader

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

Kids Definition

front-end loader

noun

: a vehicle with a scoop in front for digging and loading loose material