iceberg
playSimple Definition of iceberg
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: 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
Examples of iceberg in a sentence
<a brilliant doctor, no doubt, but both patients and staff complain that he is an iceberg>
Origin and Etymology of iceberg
probably part translation of Dan or Norwegian isberg, from is ice + berg mountain
First Known Use: 1820
ICEBERG Defined for Kids
iceberg
playDefinition of iceberg for Students
: a large mass of ice that has broken away from a glacier and is floating in the ocean
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