iceberg
iceberg Lexical Profile
iceberg Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A large floating mass of freshwater ice that has detached from a glacier or ice shelf and been carried out to sea in polar or subpolar oceans, with roughly nine-tenths of its volume submerged beneath the water's surface.
"The research vessel navigated carefully around a massive iceberg drifting southward through the North Atlantic."
A widely cultivated variety of crisphead lettuce characterized by tightly packed, pale green leaves that form a firm, spherical head.
"She shredded half a head of crisp iceberg to use as a topping for the fish tacos."
An emotionally cold, aloof, or unresponsive person.
"Despite his reputation as an unfeeling iceberg in the courtroom, the judge was warm and generous toward his staff."
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 19th century as a partial loan translation of Dutch ijsberg, literally meaning 'ice-mountain' (from ijs 'ice' + berg 'mountain').