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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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Melting icebergs crowd the Ilulissat Icefjord near Ilulissat, Greenland, on July 16.
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Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
For spectacular phenomena at the other end of the temperature scale, majestic icebergs, many of them formed by glaciers some tens of million of years ago, are one of Antarctica’s biggest attractions.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Cruise to Greenland’s breathtaking Scoresby Sund, one of the world’s largest fjord systems, and explore its towering icebergs, ancient Inuit villages and wildlife-rich tundra.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Bound and Shears, nerves shredded, have gone on a head-clearing walk to a towering iceberg a mile away from the ship, only to be called urgently back to the bridge.
—Sean Kingsley, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
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Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
For spectacular phenomena at the other end of the temperature scale, majestic icebergs, many of them formed by glaciers some tens of million of years ago, are one of Antarctica’s biggest attractions.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Cruise to Greenland’s breathtaking Scoresby Sund, one of the world’s largest fjord systems, and explore its towering icebergs, ancient Inuit villages and wildlife-rich tundra.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Bound and Shears, nerves shredded, have gone on a head-clearing walk to a towering iceberg a mile away from the ship, only to be called urgently back to the bridge.
—Sean Kingsley, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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iceberg
noun
ice·berg
ˈīs-ˌbərg 
: a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
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