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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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On their simulated planet, clouds released rain that froze into icebergs that melted and flowed down rivers, soaking soil and evaporating to rejoin the atmosphere.
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Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
No one should say the Padres have hit an iceberg.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
In just a fairly short stretch of the channel, five glaciers descend from the Cordillera Darwin range to the sea, casting off icebergs into the turquoise water.
—Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
Open Jobs For instance, open jobs, when taken with the measurement of total unemployed, will tell you about the size of the iceberg below the surface.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
No one should say the Padres have hit an iceberg.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
In just a fairly short stretch of the channel, five glaciers descend from the Cordillera Darwin range to the sea, casting off icebergs into the turquoise water.
—Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
Open Jobs For instance, open jobs, when taken with the measurement of total unemployed, will tell you about the size of the iceberg below the surface.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 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 17 Sep. 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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