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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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That’s just the tip of the political iceberg.
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Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
Over the course of his lifetime, the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier has retreated by about 40 kilometers (25 miles) said Karl Sandgreen, 46, the head of Ilulissat’s Icefjord Center which is dedicated to documenting the glacier and its icebergs.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
But that was just the tip of the nostalgic iceberg as the commercial revealed actors from the beloved era of TV comedies.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
An Icebreaker makes the path for a cargo ship with an iceberg in the background near a port on the Alexandra Land island near Nagurskoye, Russia, in May 2021.
—CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
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Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
Over the course of his lifetime, the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier has retreated by about 40 kilometers (25 miles) said Karl Sandgreen, 46, the head of Ilulissat’s Icefjord Center which is dedicated to documenting the glacier and its icebergs.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
But that was just the tip of the nostalgic iceberg as the commercial revealed actors from the beloved era of TV comedies.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
An Icebreaker makes the path for a cargo ship with an iceberg in the background near a port on the Alexandra Land island near Nagurskoye, Russia, in May 2021.
—CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 26 Feb. 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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