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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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The world’s biggest iceberg is on the loose and threatening to collide with a tiny south Atlantic island.
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
The Campbells have been known to just sit on a terrace with a local beer keeping a look-out for those whales while giant icebergs float past.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Across administrations—even ones as different as those of Biden and Trump—foreign policy is something like an iceberg.
—Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2025
However, the journey took a year and a half and was reportedly interrupted by an iceberg.
—Deena Zaidi, Quartz, 16 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
The Campbells have been known to just sit on a terrace with a local beer keeping a look-out for those whales while giant icebergs float past.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Across administrations—even ones as different as those of Biden and Trump—foreign policy is something like an iceberg.
—Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2025
However, the journey took a year and a half and was reportedly interrupted by an iceberg.
—Deena Zaidi, Quartz, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 11 Feb. 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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