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Fardel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A pack; a bundle.

n. A burden.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A fourth part; a quarter.

n. a bundle or burden

v. To make up in fardels.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden.

v. To make up in fardels.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A bundle or pack; a burden; hence, anything cumbersome or irksome.

To make up in packs or bundles.

n. A fourth part: an old law term.—

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)

Word Usage

"Harry Potter, Oscar Wilde's one-liners, Waking Ned Devine, the word fardel, the original BBC "The Office," and so on (notably, not the National Health Service, thankyouverymuch)."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

incumbrance onus burden encumbrance load

Cross Reference

fardel of land

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