Definitions For Overburden

noun

  • An excessive burden
  • The surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits

verb

  • Burden with too much work or responsibility
  • Load with excessive weight
  • To give (someone or something) too much work, worry, etc. : to burden (someone or something) too much

Is Overburden a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
20

The word Overburden is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Overburden in a Sentence

  • She overburdened me with work.
  • Why overburden yourself when people are offering to help?

Synonyms for Overburden

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