Iceberg
['aɪsbɜːg] or ['aɪs'bɝg]
Definition
(noun.) a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier.
Editor: Meredith--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
Edited by Caleb
Definition
n. a mountain or huge mass of floating ice.
Typed by Helga
Examples
- Throwing these into distance, rose, in the foreground, a head,--a colossal head, inclined towards the iceberg, and resting against it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He is good and great, but severe; and, for me, cold as an iceberg. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It is the drifting icebergs setting with any current anywhere, that wreck the ships. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
Checker: Selma