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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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The iceberg, named A-84, broke away from the George VI Ice Shelf, one of the massive floating glaciers attached to the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
But four days later, about 400 miles off the coast of Canada, the ship struck an iceberg, broke in half and sank.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
An iceberg the size of Chicago that broke off of an Antarctic ice shelf has revealed a thriving ecosystem beneath it, according to researchers.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
That event presented an opportunity that was too good to pass up: the chance to explore the seafloor below the iceberg’s original location—like overturning a rock or log in the woods to see what creatures lie hidden underneath.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
But four days later, about 400 miles off the coast of Canada, the ship struck an iceberg, broke in half and sank.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
An iceberg the size of Chicago that broke off of an Antarctic ice shelf has revealed a thriving ecosystem beneath it, according to researchers.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
That event presented an opportunity that was too good to pass up: the chance to explore the seafloor below the iceberg’s original location—like overturning a rock or log in the woods to see what creatures lie hidden underneath.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 4 May. 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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