loader

[loh-der] /ˈloʊ dər/
noun
1.
a person or thing that loads.
2.
a self-propelled machine with a shovel or bucket at the end of articulated arms, used to raise earth or other material and load it into a dump truck.
Origin
Middle English loder; see load, -er1
Examples from the web for loader
  • But the infrastructure-not the mines, but the rail links to the port and the loader itself-cannot keep pace.
  • Two workers jumped out and began moving red buckets onto a loader.
  • As the robot walks, it encounters each loader in turn and those that are switched on transfer their cargo to it.
  • The loader arms dropped and caught him between the body of the skid-steer loader and the loader arms, and he was killed.
  • These items are used in snow removal by the wheel loader.
British Dictionary definitions for loader

loader

/ˈləʊdə/
noun
1.
a person who loads a gun or other firearm
2.
(in combination) designating a firearm or machine loaded in a particular way: breech-loader, top-loader
3.
(computing) a system program that takes a program in a form close to machine code and places it into a memory for execution
Word Origin and History for loader
n.

late 15c., "person who loads," agent noun from load (v.). Of machinery, by 1862.

Slang definitions & phrases for loader

loader

Related Terms

freeloader