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noun ice·berg \ˈīs-ËŒbÉ™rg\

: a very large piece of ice floating in the ocean

Full Definition of ICEBERG

1

:  a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier

2

:  an emotionally cold person

3

:  iceberg lettuce

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Examples of ICEBERG

1. <a brilliant doctor, no doubt, but both patients and staff complain that he is an iceberg>

Origin of ICEBERG

probably part translation of Dan or Norwegian isberg, from is ice + berg mountain

First Known Use: 1820

Related to ICEBERG

Synonyms

cold turkey, cold fish, icicle

Related Words

clam, stick, wallflower; prig, snob, snoot, snot, stuffed shirt

Near Antonyms

dear, sweetheart, sweetie

Rhymes with ICEBERG

Arlberg, Augsburg, Boksburg, Coburg, exergue, Flensburg, Freyberg, Galesburg, Ginsberg, Ginsburg, Goldberg, Hamburg, Hapsburg, Herzberg, homburg, Lemberg, Limburg, Lynchburg, Marburg, Newburg, Pittsburgh, Romberg, Salzburg, Sandburg, Schoenberg, Spielberg, Sternberg, Strasbourg, Strindberg, svedberg, Tilburg, Vicksburg, Warburg, Weinberg, Wolfsburg, Würzburg