Definition of "overbreak" in Englisch

verb

1. (intransitive) To cave in near the edge of an excavation.

2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To get over; recover from.

   • He was never able to overbreak his rheumatism.

noun

1. (civil engineering, geology) Rock or earth excavated beyond the planned extent; caving in of material near the edge of an excavation.