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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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When an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from an Antarctic ice shelf on January 13, Schmidt Ocean Institute scientists raced over in their Falkor (too) research vessel to glimpse what life-forms had been dwelling below.
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Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 25 Dec. 2025
The Amundsen Sea became choked with icebergs produced from all directions.
—Keiji Horikawa, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
Take, for instance, the iceberg that sank the Titanic, who insisted on talking about his new album rather than the 100-year-old tragedy.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
Beijing’s efforts in the Arctic are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2025
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Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 25 Dec. 2025
The Amundsen Sea became choked with icebergs produced from all directions.
—Keiji Horikawa, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
Take, for instance, the iceberg that sank the Titanic, who insisted on talking about his new album rather than the 100-year-old tragedy.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
Beijing’s efforts in the Arctic are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for iceberg
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 31 Dec. 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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