burden
noun
1. an onerous or difficult concern
- the burden of responsibility
Similar word(s): encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus
Definition categories: thought, concern, headache, vexation, worry
2. weight to be borne or conveyed
Similar word(s): load, loading
Definition categories: man–made, weight
3. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Similar word(s): core, effect, essence, gist
Definition categories: communication, import, meaning, significance, signification
4. the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
Definition categories: thought, idea
Sentences with burden as a noun:
- a ship of a hundred tons burden
- A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.
- That bore thee at a burden two fair sons