overburden
[oh-ver-bur-dn, oh-ver-bur-dn]
/ ˌoʊ vərˈbɜr dn, ˈoʊ vərˌbɜr dn /
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overload
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Overburden, ō-vėr-bur′dn, v.t. to burden overmuch.—n. alluvial soil overlying a bed of ore.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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