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: a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
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: an emotionally cold person
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Examples of iceberg in a Sentence
a brilliant doctor, no doubt, but both patients and staff complain that he is an iceberg
Recent Examples on the Web
Schreiber also included another series of photos with pictures of wildlife from the trip, including a selfie amongst an iceberg and a photo of an orca whale.
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Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
But attention tends to focus almost exclusively on startups that have won the battle for venture capital, glossing over the 90% of the iceberg under the surface.
—Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in 1912.
—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
Combined with the frigid waters and stray icebergs, the area is known as a graveyard for ships, according to NASA.
—Emilie Ikeda, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
What’s the name of the world’s largest iceberg that drifted away from the Antarctic Peninsula?
—CNN, 12 Jan. 2024
That's just the tip of the Big East iceberg, though, as the league is arguably the toughest in the nation and the numbers show it.
—Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2024
The ship famously split in two after hitting the iceberg, and the piece of wood is believed to have come from the area of division, rising to the surface as the ship sank, according to the auction house.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
Last year, followers criticized a cocktail Stewart posted that was made with a piece of an iceberg.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
But attention tends to focus almost exclusively on startups that have won the battle for venture capital, glossing over the 90% of the iceberg under the surface.
—Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in 1912.
—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
Combined with the frigid waters and stray icebergs, the area is known as a graveyard for ships, according to NASA.
—Emilie Ikeda, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
What’s the name of the world’s largest iceberg that drifted away from the Antarctic Peninsula?
—CNN, 12 Jan. 2024
That's just the tip of the Big East iceberg, though, as the league is arguably the toughest in the nation and the numbers show it.
—Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2024
The ship famously split in two after hitting the iceberg, and the piece of wood is believed to have come from the area of division, rising to the surface as the ship sank, according to the auction house.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
Last year, followers criticized a cocktail Stewart posted that was made with a piece of an iceberg.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
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iceberg
noun
ice·berg
ˈīs-ˌbərg 
: a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
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