Thesaurus: overburden

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1. v. t. To load with too great weight or too much care, etc.
2. n. The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
3. n. the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
4. n. an excessive burden
5. v. burden with too much work or responsibility
6. v. load with excessive weight
7. To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney. The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. Raymond.
8. To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P.Sidney.
9. v:100 n. the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits v. burden with too much work or responsibility v. load with excessive weight