Definition of Overburden

1. Noun. The surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits.

Generic synonyms: Ground, Land, Soil

2. Verb. Burden with too much work or responsibility.
Generic synonyms: Burden, Charge, Saddle

3. Noun. An excessive burden.
Exact synonyms: Overload
Generic synonyms: Burden, Load, Loading
Derivative terms: Overload, Overload, Overload

4. Verb. Load with excessive weight.
Generic synonyms: Burden, Burthen, Weight, Weight Down

Definition of Overburden

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.

Definition of Overburden

1. Verb. To overload or overtax ¹

2. Noun. (geology) The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam. ¹

3. Noun. (archaeology) A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overburden

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overburden

overbubble
overbubbled
overbubbles
overbubbling
overbudget
overbuild
overbuilder
overbuilders
overbuilding
overbuilds
overbuilt
overbulk
overbulked
overbulking
overbulks
overburden (current term)
overburdened
overburdening
overburdens
overburdensome
overburn
overburned
overburning
overburns
overburnt
overbust
overbusy
overbuy
overbuying
overbuys

Literary usage of Overburden

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"... are included under the above headings, and, therefore, will be described in connection with them so far as this can be done. Removal of overburden ..."

2. Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North by University of North Carolina (1793-1962) (1913)
"REMOVAL OF overburden. "Removal of the overburden is one of the most ... The method commonly used is to remove just enough overburden to expose the dike and ..."

3. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"Or shears his overburden'd sheep, Or mead for cooling drink prepares, Of virgin honey in the jars. Or, in the now declining year, When bounteous Autumn ..."

4. The Phosphate Deposits of Florida by George Charlton Matson (1915)
"overburden. The overburden, as it is commonly termed, consists of brown to gray coarse sand, usually resting directly on the phosphate. ..."

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