Definitions | iceberg |
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- A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
- The Titanic hit an and sank.
Translations: - Dutch: ijsberg
- French: iceberg
- German: Eisberg
- Italian: iceberg
- Italian, iceberg
- Spanish: iceberg
Etymology: From (Dan.) isbjerg or (Norw.) isberg both meaning mountain of ice. First used to describe a glacier as seen at a distance from a ship then used as a term to describe the floating chunks of ice broken off from such glaciers.
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