overburden
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
Types & categories
- land hypernym
Sense 2 verb
burden with too much work or responsibility
Types & categories
- burden hypernym
Related & opposite
- overload derivation
Sense 3 noun
an excessive burden
Types & categories
- loading hypernym
Related & opposite
- overload derivation
- overburden derivation
- overburden derivation
- overcharge derivation
- overload derivation
Sense 4 verb
load with excessive weight
Types & categories
- burthen hypernym
Related & opposite
- overload derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | land |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overload |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | burden |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overload |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overburden |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overburden |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overcharge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overload |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | loading |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | overload |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | burthen |