English Explanatory Dictionary

sideburden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.

Word forms

sideburden sideburdens

Etymology

From side + burden.

Related words

overburden underburden
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