Word
Burden
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
bur-den
Definition
- n. - That which is borne or carried; a load.
- n. - That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is
grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- n. - The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she
will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
- n. - The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream
of tin.
- n. - The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a
blast furnace.
- n. - A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of
gad steel, 120 pounds.
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