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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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His focus moves to the small iceberg painting on his office wall, his body casting a stark silhouette against the window.
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
There are no icebergs in the ship’s path, and the voyage was slow and steady.
—Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
That room is so quiet and dusty and strange and cold, and all of that’s reflected in real things like the icebergs floating by.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
Satellites will continue to monitor the iceberg and any ice fragments that break off into the ocean.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
There are no icebergs in the ship’s path, and the voyage was slow and steady.
—Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
That room is so quiet and dusty and strange and cold, and all of that’s reflected in real things like the icebergs floating by.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
Satellites will continue to monitor the iceberg and any ice fragments that break off into the ocean.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 18 Apr. 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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