1. Burden with too much work or responsibility 
2. Load with excessive weight

1. The surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits 
2. An excessive burden
   - overload

Derived forms: overburdens, overburdening, overburdened

Type of: burden, burthen, charge, ground, land, load, loading, saddle, soil, weight, weight down

Encyclopedia: Overburden

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