Hyphenation of overburden

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word overburden? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

over-bur-den

Definitions of overburden:

1.	The surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
2.	An excessive burden
3.	Burden with too much work or responsibility
4.	Load with excessive weight

Synonyms of overburden:

noun	land, ground, soil
noun	overload, load, loading, burden
verb	charge, saddle, burden
verb	burden, burthen, weight, weight down

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.