unloader
- noun
- /ʌnˈloʊdər/
:
descargador
- We hired a skilled unloader to ensure that the fragile items were handled safely.
I said, oh man, this unloader while Bill done stole that load.
- I said, oh man, this unloader while Bill done stole that load.
Examples
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Transport uses pipelines instead of trucks (and drivers, loaders, unloaders, depots, etc.).
Blog text (21) -
I said, oh man, this unloader while Bill done stole that load.
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Before we left Cleveland, I watched them scooping out the pellets with the Hewlett unloaders.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Movoact has a rugged industrial column for height adjustment of worktables, loaders, loaders/unloaders, and many other applications.
Academic text (2003) -
Other features of the plant are a continuous ship unloader that will unload 60,600 tons of fuel in about 52 hours, and two fuel storage domes 400 feet across and 140 feet high, able to hold 60,000 tons each.
Academic text (2002) -
The unloader carefully removed the boxes from the delivery truck.
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Several unloaders worked together to empty the shipping containers at the dock.
Synonyms
5
4.2
A person who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port
3
3.2
A person or machine that raises heavy things like crates
2
3.2
A person who moves goods onto and off ships at a port
2
4.3
A person who loads and unloads ships at a port
2
3.4
A person who moves furniture and other belongings to another place
A worker who loads and unloads goods at a port or warehouse
How Automated
25
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unloader comes from un- meaning 'reverse' or 'remove' and load meaning 'goods or weight'. So an unloader is someone or a machine that 'takes off the load', which is why it removes boxes or goods from a truck or container.