Lexic.us

Definition of Iceberg

1. Noun. A large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier.

2. Noun. Lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head. "Iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"

Definition of Iceberg

1. n. A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.

Definition of Iceberg

1. Noun. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Iceberg

1. a large floating body of ice [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iceberg

ice up ice wagon ice water ice wedge ice wine ice worm ice yacht ice yachting ice yachts iceane

icebag iceball icebath icebaths iceberg (current term) iceberg lettuce iceberglike icebergs icebird icebirds

iceblink iceblinks iceblock iceblocks iceboat iceboater iceboaters iceboating iceboatings

Literary usage of Iceberg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"The accompanying illustration shows an iceberg estimated to be 200 feet high which ... A newly calved iceberg usually has vertical sides ; the waves beat ..."

2. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"In this way the glacier journeys for some distance beyond the point at which, had it been Fig. 18.—Glacier calving iceberg, according to ..."

3. Views of Society and Manners in America: In a Series of Letters from that by Frances Wright (1821)
"iceberg. - SHIP'S CREW. - BAY OF NEW YORK. ARRIVAL IN THE CITY. ... But the only sight worth noticing was a large iceberg, in latitude 43, towards the most ..."

4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"IN presenting to the Association evidence from southern New England with regard to the insufficiency of the iceberg theory of the drift, I shall have to say ..."

5. Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years by Solomon Smith (1868)
"Butting an iceberg. '' Starboard hard ! Stop her ! " These words, uttered in a loud and sharp voice by the look-out stationed on the bowsprit, were heard by ..."

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