overburden

overburden is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To load with too great weight or too much care, etc.
2. noun. The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
3. noun. an excessive burden

   Synonyms: overload

4. noun. the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
5. verb. burden with too much work or responsibility
6. verb. load with excessive weight

Synonyms

overload

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in overburden:

overburned

Common word forms

overburdens, overburdened, overburdening

Words from these letters

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