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iceberg.

Noun
Setting
MEANING

A large piece of ice that has broken from land ice and floats in water.

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  • drifting iceberg
  • iceberg tip

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An iceberg drifted beyond the ship's lights.
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iceberg

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Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular iceberg; plural icebergs. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.

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