overburden

  • 11Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60 — The F60 in Lichterfeld, along the entire length F60 is the series designation of five overburden conveyor bridges used in brown coal (lignite) opencast mining in the Lusatian coalfields in Germany. They were built by the former Volkseigener… …

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  • 12overburden pressure —    The pressure exerted by weight of the overburden column [16] …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 13overburden — I. transitive verb Date: 1532 to place an excessive burden on II. noun Date: 1855 material overlying a deposit of useful geological materials or bedrock …

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  • 14overburden — v. /oh veuhr berr dn/; n. /oh veuhr berr dn/, v.t. 1. to load with too great a burden; overload: He was overburdened with cares. n. 2. an excessive burden. 3. Also called burden, capping. Mining. waste earth and rock covering a mineral deposit.… …

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  • 15overburden — 1. noun a) The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam b) A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated 2 …

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  • 16overburden —    1. The loose soil, sand, silt, or clay that overlies bedrock. In some usages it refers to all material overlying the point of interest.    2. The total cover of soil and rock overlying an underground excavation …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 17overburden — Synonyms and related words: bear hard upon, burden, burthen, charge, choke, congest, cram, crowd, cumber, drench, encumber, freight, glut, gluttonize, go hard with, go ill with, gorge, hamper, handicap, jam, jam pack, lade, lie on, load, oppress …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18overburden — o|ver|bur|den [ˌəuvəˈbə:dn US ˌouvərˈbə:rdn] v [T usually passive] to give an organization, person, or system more work or problems than they can deal with ▪ Health services have been overburdened and are unable to care for many older people. ▪ a …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19overburden — o|ver|bur|den [ ,ouvər bɜrdn ] verb transitive FORMAL to give someone more work or problems than they can deal with …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20overburden —     a) The upper part of a sedimentary deposit, compressing and consolidating the materials below.     b) The loose soil or other unconsolidated material overlying bedrock, either transported or formed in place (synonym for regolith).    GG …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms