burden
A responsibility, onus.
Other meanings
A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
Related words
- afterburden
- bioburden
- burdener
- burdenless
- burdenous
- disburden
- emburden
- enburden
- enburdenment
- overburden
- reburden
- sideburden
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "byrden".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “burden” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.