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iceberg
/ˈaɪsbɝɡ/
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What does iceberg mean?
noun
- A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
- (slang) An aloof person.
- (figuratively) An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show.
More meanings (3)
noun
- (figuratively, slang) A topic that is more convoluted and fractal than it may seem.
- (figuratively, slang) A list, infographic, or other enumeration of such a topic and its subcomponents, often ordered into groups sorted by obscurity and bizarreness.
- (obsolete) The seaward end of a glacier.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈaɪsbɝɡ/
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Throwing these into distance, rose, in the foreground, a head,—a colossal head, inclined towards the iceberg, and resting against it.
A shock told me that the Nautilus had struck the bottom of the iceberg, still very thick, judging from the deadened sound.
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This was an iceberg, and of the largest size, as one of our men said who had been in the Northern ocean.
On the night of the 19th I went on deck to see an iceberg, which was a perfect counterpart of Newstead Abbey.
Again she had to be manoeuvred round the iceberg to pick up the boat, which was the one in charge of Mr. Boxhall.