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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 exhibition also will delve into other elements of the tragedy, including sister ships Olympic and Britannic, the rescue ship Carpathia and the deadly iceberg itself.
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july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
In this aerial view melting icebergs crowd the Ilulissat Icefjord on July 16, 2024 near Ilulissat, Greenland.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Its ice sheet produces around 10% of Greenland's icebergs.
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Dan Kelly
july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
In this aerial view melting icebergs crowd the Ilulissat Icefjord on July 16, 2024 near Ilulissat, Greenland.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Its ice sheet produces around 10% of Greenland's icebergs.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 June 2025
But the iceberg is the private sector’s historically rapid adoption of AI.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 13 June 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 22 Jul. 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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