First Known Use: 1820
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iceberg
iceberg
noun ice·berg \ˈīs-ˌbərg\
: 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
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Examples of ICEBERG
- <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
Related to ICEBERG
- Synonyms
- cold turkey, cold fish, icicle
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
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