iceberg Hear it!

iceberg definition

ice·berg (īs′bʉrg′)

noun

a great mass of ice broken off from a glacier and floating in the sea

Etymology: prob. via Du ijsberg, lit., ice mountain < Scand, as in Dan isbjerg < is, ice + bjerg, mountain

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.