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.

⇒ Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea.

 

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