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Iceberg has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

"The ship's radar picked up a massive iceberg drifting south, warning them that they were approaching the edge of the pack."

2

lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head

"iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"

3

The seaward end of a glacier.

"As the iceberg drifted away from the coast, sailors realized they were watching the seaward end of a massive glacier breaking free into the ocean."

See Also
berg fatberg bergy bit floeberg event glacier person titanic
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ice mass floater lettuce
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
growler

Origin

The word iceberg comes from Dutch ijsberg, which combines ijs for "ice" and berg for "mountain." It was originally used by sailors to describe distant glaciers before referring to the floating ice chunks that break off from them.

Rhyming Words
erg berg zerg serg ferg aberg oberg sperg emerg nyberg megerg seberg ekberg hedberg newberg fatberg norberg monberg zinberg kinberg
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