Antonyms for encumbrance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : en-kuhm-bruh ns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkʌm brəns |
Definition of encumbrance
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French encombrance, from encombrer (see encumber).
- noun burden
- To Mrs. Beaufort a rival, to Mr. Beaufort an encumbrance on the property.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The line between an encumbrance and a purpose is not very clearly defined, is it?
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- The safest plan is to ascend them without too heavy an encumbrance of theories.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- I will take upon myself the convincing of the encumbrance to that effect.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- They are often an embarrassment and an encumbrance to it rather than a help.
- Extract from : « English Past and Present » by Richard Chevenix Trench
- It is conveniently arranged, and you soon forget it as an encumbrance.
- Extract from : « The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" » by John MacGregor
- So we carried merely our baskets—which were encumbrance enough—and what we had in our pockets.
- Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
- Our knapsacks—were we going into action with their encumbrance?
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 » by Various
- Euripides considered these athletes an encumbrance on the State.
- Extract from : « Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine » by James Sands Elliott
- Strange indeed that time should be an encumbrance to a sage!
- Extract from : « The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 » by Various
Synonyms for encumbrance
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