Iceberg Definition

īsbûrg
icebergs
noun
icebergs
A great mass of ice broken off from a glacier and floating in the sea.
Webster's New World
A cold, aloof person.
American Heritage

(figuratively, after an adjective) An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show, in reference to one-tenth of the volume of an iceberg being visible above water.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
tip of the iceberg
  • a small difficulty, problem, misdeed, etc. that is thought to be only a part of one much larger in scope
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Iceberg

Noun

Singular:
iceberg
Plural:
icebergs

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Origin of Iceberg

  • From Dutch ijsberg, compound of ijs “ice” + berg “mountain”. 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. Compare German Eisberg, Danish isbjerg, Norwegian/Swedish isberg, Welsh eisberg.

    From Wiktionary

  • Partial translation of Dutch ijsberg from Middle Dutch ijsbergh ijs ice bergh mountain bhergh-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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