As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
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
overburden (third-person singular simple present overburdens, present participle overburdening, simple past and past participle overburdened)
To overload or overtax
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
• overburned
Source: Wiktionary
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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.