front-end loader

noun

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

called also front loader

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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 There are also vehicles that kind of defy trailering, at least under normal circumstances, like the old U.S. military Unimog (pictured above), complete with a hydraulic front-end loader. Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 8 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 See all Example Sentences for front-end loader 

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of front-end loader was in 1935

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“Front-end loader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front-end%20loader. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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front-end loader

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