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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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Come August 12, guests will watch the celestial blackout in peace on the ocean, surrounded only by icebergs and fjords.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
One way that the country is choosing to signal its new start to the world is through the metaphorically bizarre but logistically impressive feat of transporting a 60-ton iceberg from the Antarctic to the 1992 Expo in Seville, Spain — crackly TV footage of which opens the film.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 May 2026
Some melting occurred naturally, but the landslide’s force physically severed a massive section of the glacier’s terminus, filling the fjord with a dense slurry of icebergs.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
The diarrhea stories are only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
One way that the country is choosing to signal its new start to the world is through the metaphorically bizarre but logistically impressive feat of transporting a 60-ton iceberg from the Antarctic to the 1992 Expo in Seville, Spain — crackly TV footage of which opens the film.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 May 2026
Some melting occurred naturally, but the landslide’s force physically severed a massive section of the glacier’s terminus, filling the fjord with a dense slurry of icebergs.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
The diarrhea stories are only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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iceberg
noun
ice·berg
ˈīs-ˌbərg 
: a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
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