OVERBURDEN

overload, overburden

(noun) an excessive burden

overburden

(noun) the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits

overburden

(verb) burden with too much work or responsibility

overburden

(verb) load with excessive weight

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

overburden (third-person singular simple present overburdens, present participle overburdening, simple past and past participle overburdened)

To overload or overtax

Noun

overburden (plural overburdens)

(geology) The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.

(archaeology) A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated

Anagrams

• overburned

Source: Wiktionary

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O`ver*bur"den, v. t.

Definition: To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney.

O"ver*bur`den, n.

Definition: The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. Raymond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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