Iceberg
WordNet
noun
(1) Lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head
"Iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"
(2) A large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From isbjerg or / isberg both meaning mountain of ice. First used to describe a glacier as seen at a distance from a ship then used as a term to describe the floating chunks of ice broken off from such glaciers.
Noun
- A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
- The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.
Related terms
- ice
- ice floe
- tip of the iceberg
- iceberger
Etymology
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