Overburden
Related Definitions
[n] an excessive burden
[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
Related Terms
bear hard upon, burden, burthen, charge, choke, congest, cram, crowd, cumber, drench, encumber, freight, glut, gluttonize, go hard with, go ill with, gorge, hamper, handicap, jam, jam-pack, lade, lie on, load, oppress, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, over