Overburden meaning

ō'vər-bûr'dn
To burden with too much weight; overload.
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To subject to an excessive burden or strain; overtax.
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An excessive burden; an overload.
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Material overlying a useful mineral deposit.
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Sedimentary rock covering older crystalline layers.
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To burden oppressively; weigh down.
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Something that overburdens.
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Soil, rock, etc. that is covering or overlying a useful deposit, as of ore.
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(geology) The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
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(archaeology) A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated.
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A sterile stratum overlying a stratum bearing traces of the culture being studied.
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Origin of overburden

From over- +"Ž burden.

Sentence Examples

  • Such roofs are not suitable for cold climates, for accumulations of snow might overburden the structure and would also cause the wet to penetrate through any small crevices and under flashings.

  • You may not access our networks, computers, or Contents in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair them, or interfere with any other Person's use and enjoyment.

  • You may not access our networks, computers, or Contents in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair them, or interfere with any other Person’s use and enjoyment.

  • Follow-up overburden sampling showed that gold is present in head and weathered bedrock, as well as in near-surface overburden sampling showed that gold is present in head and weathered bedrock, as well as in near-surface overburden.

  • overburden samples indicate that polymetallic mineralization occurs within a zone about 3 km long in the west of the area.

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