Definitions for icebergˈaɪs bɜrg

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ice•bergˈaɪs bɜrg(n.)

  1. a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.

    Category: Geography (terms)

  2. an emotionally cold person.

    Category: Informal

Idioms for iceberg:

  1. tip of the iceberg,the first hint or revelation of a more complex situation.

    Category: Idiom

Origin of iceberg:

1765–75; < D ijsberg

Princeton's WordNet

  1. iceberg, berg(noun)

    a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

  2. crisphead lettuce, iceberg lettuce, iceberg(noun)

    lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head

    "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. iceberg(noun)ˈaɪs bɜrg

    a large mass of ice floating in the ocean

Wiktionary

  1. iceberg(Noun)

    A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf

    The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.

  2. Origin: From Eisberg, compound of Eis “ice” + Berg “mountain”. First used to describe a glacier as seen at a distance from a ship then used as a term to describe the floating chunks of ice broken off from such glaciers. Compare ijsberg, isbjerg, / isberg, Welsh eisberg.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Iceberg(noun)

    a large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean


Translations for iceberg

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

iceberg(noun)

a huge mass of ice floating in the sea.

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