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loader

11 3.0
A large machine with a bucket that lifts and moves heavy materials at a construction site
  • noun
  • /ˈloʊdər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pala cargadora
  • 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

transporter
vsloader
  • Specialized
18 4.6

A machine like a conveyor belt that moves boxes

focuses on lifting heavy materials rather than only moving them
lifter
vsloader
3 3.2

A person or machine that raises heavy things like crates

adds moving function and denotes a large machine used on sites

Compounds

muzzle loader
  • Specialized
1 9.8

An old gun you load from the open front of its barrel

self-loader
  • Specialized
8.6

A gun that loads a new bullet by itself after each shot

How Powerful

excavator
5 4.0
loader
  • Specialized
11 3.0
bucketer
8.2
laborer
  • US
68 1.0
wheelbarrow
24 1.0

Surface Forms

loader singular
loaders plural

Morphology

loader = load (transparent) = load + er

The machine sense is a nominal extension (instrument/agent) of 'load' + '-er' and is a common, transparent derivation.

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.