a large mass of ice floating in the sea, esp a mass that has broken off a polar glacier a person considered to have a cold or reserved manner
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ice•berg /ˈaɪsbɜrg/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Geographya large floating mass of ice.
- Informal Termsan emotionally cold person.
- Idioms tip of the iceberg, the first hint of something larger or more complicated:Our problems with that are just the tip of the iceberg; the whole system is faulty.
ice•berg
(īs′bûrg),USA pronunciation n.
- Geographya large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
- Informal Termsan emotionally cold person.
- British Terms[Australian Informal.]a person who swims or surfs regularly in winter.
- Idioms tip of the iceberg, the first hint or revelation of something larger or more complex:The new evidence in the case is just the tip of the iceberg.
- 1765–75; half Anglicization, half adoption of Dutch ijsberg ice mountain; cognate with German Eisberg, Swedish isberg
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