Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sideburden

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: side-bur-den
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"Settari (2002) and Osorio et al. (1999) also suggest that the analysis domain should include overburdens, sideburdens and underburdens for better accommodation of the coupling effects of stress changes and flow."
"Such sideburden speedups have not been seen to date in carbonate and deepwater settings."
"Therefore, the effective vertical stress in the sideburden will increase, too."

Etymology

From side + burden.

Inflected Forms

sideburdens (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

overburden underburden

Questions

What does sideburden mean?: The rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
Where does sideburden come from?: From side + burden.

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