Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Iceberg"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Iceberg \Ice"berg`\, n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
iisbierg, Sw. isberg, properly, a mountain of ice. See {Ice},
and {Berg}.]
A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
Note: Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which
in cold regions often project into the sea.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
iceberg
n : a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a
polar glacier [syn: {berg}]
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