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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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But their plan was sidetracked after an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from a nearby ice shelf in Bellingshausen Sea on January 13.
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Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
Earlier this year, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off the Antarctic Peninsula.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
In January, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from a massive ice shelf in Antarctica, revealing an underwater world never before seen by humans.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Boat trips in the fjord systems around Nuuk or among the icebergs near Ilulissat are very popular.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
Earlier this year, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off the Antarctic Peninsula.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
In January, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from a massive ice shelf in Antarctica, revealing an underwater world never before seen by humans.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Boat trips in the fjord systems around Nuuk or among the icebergs near Ilulissat are very popular.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Iceberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iceberg. Accessed 28 Mar. 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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