| VERB | communication | overburden | burden with too much work or responsibility |
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| contact | overburden | load with excessive weight | |
| NOUN | object | overburden | the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits |
| artifact | overburden, overload | an excessive burden |
| Sounds | ow'verber'dahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | land, ground, soil | material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) |
| Spanish | sobrecarga | |
| Meaning | An excessive burden. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | overload | |
| Broader | load, loading, burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
| Spanish | sobrecarga, sobrepeso | |
| Catalan | sobrecàrrega | |
| Verbs | overburden | burden with too much work or responsibility |
| overburden | load with excessive weight | |
| Meaning | burden with too much work or responsibility. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
| Broader | charge, saddle, burden | impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to |
| Spanish | sobrecargar | |
| Nouns | overburden | an excessive burden |
| Meaning | Load with excessive weight. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | burden, burthen, weight, weight down | weight down with a load |
| Spanish | sobrecargar | |
| Nouns | overburden | an excessive burden |
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