An automatic washing machine in which the laundry is placed and retrieved through a (normally transparent) door in the front.
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A front-end loader.
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Noun
Singular:
front-loader
Plural:
front loaders
Front-loader Sentence Examples
A front loader is gentler on your clothes because instead of an agitator, which beats the clothes through the water and thus stresses and twists the fabric, the machines boast a horizontal axis, which tumbles them in and out of the water.
Since the clothes washed in a front loader need less time in the dryer, they will last that much longer.
However, it's good for your knees to squat, and since you often have to bend over to pull out clothes from a top loader, you may be going easier on your back overall with a front loader.