Iceberg

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  • noun. A massive floating body of ice broken away from a glacier. Only about 10 percent of its mass is above the surface of the water.
  • noun. A cold, aloof person.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An elevated floating mass of ice detached from a glacier at the sea-level.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
  • noun. lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head
  • Word Usage
    "‡ Most of the ice in an iceberg is underwater, leaving only the “tip of the iceberg” visible—a fact that is often alluded to in discussions of subjects in which the most important aspects are hidden from view."
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    Dry Ice  berg  berg  calf  calf