loader
- noun
- /ˈloʊdər/
- Specialized
- The guy driving the heavy front loader lets the bucket slam hard to the ground.
- front-end loader
- front-end loader
- bucket loader
They've got like a ditch witch like a little loader thing.
- They've got like a ditch witch like a little loader thing.
- You know, we have compactors that collect the waste and then push the waste into the real end load loaders.
Examples
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At the compost site, a Kubota farm tractor with an attached front-end loader immediately mixes the pile.
Academic text (1995) -
Output from the bins is transferred by a front-end loader to the enclosed curing area.
Academic text (1998) -
The size and type of bucket on the loader are also important.
Academic text (1998) -
We come with a truck, use their loaders, and take it away.
Academic text (1999) -
I'm going to get Tink to teach you how to run a wheel loader.
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At first, two skid-type loaders were used to feed the process line.
Academic text (1996) -
To help get the 18-tonne rig back on track, Monica brings in a loader from Paradise Hill.
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Compost recipes are mixed using a bucket loader and then placed in one of the bins.
Academic text (1999) -
In the initial stages of the pilot, loaders were used to create the windrows.
Academic text (1998) -
The loader skillfully lifted the heavy materials and loaded them onto the truck.
Synonyms
A machine like a conveyor belt that moves boxes
A person or machine that raises heavy things like crates
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Etymology
Loader comes from the word load ('to put in') combined with -er ('one who does it'). In construction a loader is the big machine that lifts and moves heavy material, doing the loading work a person would do.