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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
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Hektoria continues to calve giant icebergs into the sea, according to the paper.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
The iceberg measured 2,239 square miles (5,800 square kilometers) — about the size of Delaware.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
This sparsely populated region of Canada, where majestic cliffs plunge into orca- and iceberg-filled waters, remains remote and mysterious even more than 1,000 years after the Norse explorer Leif Erickson landed there.
—John Von Sothen, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
That’s where the tip of that damn iceberg comes into play.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
The iceberg measured 2,239 square miles (5,800 square kilometers) — about the size of Delaware.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
This sparsely populated region of Canada, where majestic cliffs plunge into orca- and iceberg-filled waters, remains remote and mysterious even more than 1,000 years after the Norse explorer Leif Erickson landed there.
—John Von Sothen, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
That’s where the tip of that damn iceberg comes into play.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for iceberg
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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iceberg
noun
ice·berg
ˈīs-ˌbərg 
: a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
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