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iceberg

iceberg [ ss burg ] (plural icebergs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. mass of floating ice: a large mounded mass of ice that has broken away from a glacier and floats in the sea, with the greater part of its bulk under the water

2. North America somebody with cool manner: somebody regarded as unemotional or unfriendly ( informal )

[Late 18th century. < Dutch ijsberg 'ice mountain']
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