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iceberg
[ ahys-burg ]
noun
- a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
- Informal. an emotionally cold person.
- Australian Informal. a person who swims or surfs regularly in winter.
iceberg
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noun
- a large mass of ice floating in the sea, esp a mass that has broken off a polar glacier
- tip of the icebergthe small visible part of something, esp a problem or difficulty, that is much larger
- slang.a person considered to have a cold or reserved manner
iceberg
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- A massive body of floating ice that has broken away from a glacier or ice field. Most of an iceberg lies underwater, but because ice is not as dense as water, about one ninth of it remains above the surface.
iceberg
- A large piece of ice that has broken away from a glacier at the shore and floated out to sea.
Notes
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of iceberg1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of iceberg1
Idioms and Phrases
- tip of the iceberg, the first hint or revelation of something larger or more complex:
The new evidence in the case is just the tip of the iceberg.
Example Sentences
Ms Moroney said she was worried the cases being examined represented "the tip of the iceberg".
“This paper we just published is the first that I expect to be a series of studies because this is just showing the tip of the iceberg,†Quian Quiroga said.
The 200 items that turned up in the London auction were the tip of the iceberg.
"People uploading misogyny, hate, misinformation, and that is just the tip of the iceberg," she said.
And that would be "just the tip of the iceberg" of the health benefits.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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