BEAST OF BURDEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beast of burden mean? 

• BEAST OF BURDEN (noun)
  The noun BEAST OF BURDEN has 1 sense:

1. an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work

  Familiarity information: BEAST OF BURDEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEAST OF BURDEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

beast of burden; jument

Hypernyms ("beast of burden" is a kind of...):

work animal (an animal trained for and used for heavy labor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beast of burden"):

pack animal; sumpter (an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads)