Overburden pressure — Overburden pressure, also called lithostatic pressure or vertical stress, is the pressure or stress imposed on a layer of soil or rock by the weight of overlying material. The overburden pressure at a depth z is given by where ρ(z) is the density … Wikipedia
load — [n1] cargo, freight amount, bale, bundle, capacity, charge, consignment, contents, encumbrance, goods, haul, heft, hindrance, lading, mass, pack, parcel, part, payload, shipment, shot, weight; concepts 338,432 load [n2] burden, pressure… … New thesaurus
Overburden — O ver*bur den, v. t. To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
load — n 1. contents, merchandise, goods, stuff; burden, charge, weight; boatload, shipload, Chiefly U.S. carload, wagonload, truckload; lading, U.S. and Canada. freight, freightage, haul. 2. burden, weight, onus, cross, millstone, albatross; duty,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
load — 1. noun 1) he has a load to deliver Syn: cargo, freight, a consignment, a delivery, a shipment, goods, merchandise; a pack, a bundle, a parcel; a truckload, a shipload, a boatload, a vanload 2) informal … Thesaurus of popular words
load — 1. noun 1) MacDowell s got a load to deliver Syn: cargo, freight, consignment, delivery, shipment, goods, pack, bundle, parcel 2) a heavy teaching load Syn: commitment, respon … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
load — Synonyms and related words: abundance, acres, adulterate, affliction, albatross, anxiety, bag, baggage, bags, bale, barrel, barrels, bear, bear hard upon, bellyful, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitter pill, blast, bottle, box, brim,… … Moby Thesaurus
overburden — 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.… … Universalium
overburden — 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
overburden — o•ver•bur•den v. [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈbɜr dn[/t]] n. [[t]ˈoʊ vərˌbɜr dn[/t]] v. t. 1) to load with too great a burden 2) an excessive burden 3) min waste earth covering a mineral deposit • Etymology: 1570–80 … From formal English to slang
overburden — verb (t) /oʊvəˈbɜdn/ (say ohvuh berdn) 1. to load with too great a burden; overload. –noun /ˈoʊvəbɜdn/ (say ohvuhberdn) 2. an excessive burden. 3. unwanted material, overlying a mineral deposit …
