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Iceberg

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A massive floating body of ice broken away from a glacier. Only about 10 percent of its mass is above the surface of the water.

n. Informal A cold, aloof person.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An elevated floating mass of ice detached from a glacier at the sea-level.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

n. lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head

Word Usage

" Most of the ice in an iceberg is underwater, leaving only the tip of the iceberg visiblea fact that is often alluded to in discussions of subjects in which the most important aspects are hidden from view."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

lettuce

Cross Reference

growler

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

berg calf

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

glacier berg crag bergs pyramid