front loaders

Door-opening laundry appliances

Front loaders are washing machines that load from the front rather than the top, with a door on the horizontal drum.

They typically use less water and energy than top loaders.

The term also applies to construction equipment—tractors or trucks with a bucket mounted on the front for scooping and moving material: The front loader cleared debris from the lot.

laundry

drum

Struck percussion cylinder

cycles · rinse · softener · stains · clothes · linens · garments · towels · delicates · temperature

construction

bucket

Open-top carrying vessel

hydraulic · articulated · jobsite · grading · attachment · cab · boom · counterweight · tires · diesel

efficiency

eco-friendly

Not harming the environment

space-saving · stackable · high-performance · reliable · durable

features

direct-drive

No transmission between motor and load

Categories
Opposites
loading orientation

front loaderstop loaders

Washers loaded from above

construction equipment type

front loadersbackhoes

Rear-mounted excavating machines

excavators · bulldozers · skid steers · dump trucks · forklifts

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G