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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 what was being asked — for days — after the White Star Line’s famous steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
The new White Star liner Titanic is reported in advices received here late tonight to have struck an iceberg.
—Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Joy Division/New Order are the tip of a very cool iceberg.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2026
The ocean liner hit an iceberg in the early hours of April 15, resulting in the ship sinking on its maiden voyage and resulting the deaths of 1,500 passengers and crew.
—Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
The new White Star liner Titanic is reported in advices received here late tonight to have struck an iceberg.
—Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Joy Division/New Order are the tip of a very cool iceberg.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2026
The ocean liner hit an iceberg in the early hours of April 15, resulting in the ship sinking on its maiden voyage and resulting the deaths of 1,500 passengers and crew.
—Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 27 Apr. 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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