Defenition of the word overburden

• Defenition of the word overburden

  • The material such as soil and rock lying above a mineral deposit that must be removed in order to work the deposit.
  • the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
  • burden with too much work or responsibility
  • load with excessive weight
  • an excessive burden

Synonyms for the word overburden

• • burden
  • impose
  • load
  • overload
  • overstrain
  • overtax

Similar words in the overburden

• • overburden
  • overburdened
  • overburdening
  • overburdens

Hypernyms for the word overburden

• • burden
  • burthen
  • charge
  • ground
  • land
  • load
  • loading
  • saddle
  • soil
  • weight
  • weight down

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