unloader

One who or that which unloads.

Noun

  1. One who or that which unloads.
    • Two ships can be accommodated on the berth, although a single-vessel discharge is the usual arrangement, and there are three 20-ton ore unloaders on the quay. - 1963 June, B. Perren, “Colvilles iron ore traffic in the...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English load English unload English -er English unloader From unload + -er.

Forms

unloaders

Derived

self-unloader