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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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a brilliant doctor, no doubt, but both patients and staff complain that he is an iceberg
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This is the equivalent of deliberately sailing a ship into an iceberg.
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Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
Nutrients from the iceberg’s melt could boost food availability for the regional ecosystem, according to a statement from the British Antarctic Survey.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
Assemble Salad In a large bowl toss together iceberg and romaine lettuce, cabbage, and carrot.
—Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2025
This just an iceberg to what exists and the extreme cases of animal abuse.
—Anna-Jae Clarke, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
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Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
Nutrients from the iceberg’s melt could boost food availability for the regional ecosystem, according to a statement from the British Antarctic Survey.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
Assemble Salad In a large bowl toss together iceberg and romaine lettuce, cabbage, and carrot.
—Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2025
This just an iceberg to what exists and the extreme cases of animal abuse.
—Anna-Jae Clarke, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 24 Mar. 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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