how to pronounce overburden

/ˈoʊvɚˈbɝdən/

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overburden is pronounced in four syllables

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oʊvɚbɝdən

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An example use of overburden in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… to overburden communities that have been …”

meanings of overburden

noun:

  1. A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated.
  2. The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.

verb:

  1. To overload or overtax.

overburden frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word overburden occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics overburden can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that overburden can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) life, nature, and living environment;

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