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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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Charles has visited every continent on Earth, drinking rancid yak butter tea in Lhasa, snorkeling with sea lions in the Galapagos and even climbing an iceberg in Antarctica.
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Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2026
One of the oldest icebergs that has ever been tracked is feeling the blues.
—Devika Rao, TheWeek, 14 Jan. 2026
The iceberg could be between days and weeks from disintegration, scientists say.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
A day later, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured a photograph showing a closer view of the iceberg, with an even larger melt pool.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2026
One of the oldest icebergs that has ever been tracked is feeling the blues.
—Devika Rao, TheWeek, 14 Jan. 2026
The iceberg could be between days and weeks from disintegration, scientists say.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
A day later, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured a photograph showing a closer view of the iceberg, with an even larger melt pool.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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iceberg
noun
ice·berg
ˈīs-ˌbərg 
: a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
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