"front load" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: front loads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} front load (plural front loads)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see front, load. Synonyms: front-load, frontload Related terms: front loading, front-loaded
    Sense id: en-front_load-en-noun-OyoqsbmL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. Something assigned to the early period of a project or a program, especially something burdensome.
    Sense id: en-front_load-en-noun-FxAtAKak Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49

Inflected forms

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