'Iceberg' definitions:
Definition of 'iceberg'
(from WordNet)
noun
A large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier [syn: iceberg, berg]
noun
Lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head; "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce" [syn: crisphead lettuce, iceberg lettuce, iceberg]
Definition of 'Iceberg'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'iceberg'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- berg,
- calf,
- cryosphere,
- Dry Ice,
- firn,
- floe,
- frazil,
- frozen water,
- glaciation,
- glacier,
- glacieret,
- glaze,
- glazed frost,
- granular snow,
- ground ice,
- growler,
- ice,
- ice banner,
- ice barrier,
- ice belt,
- ice cave,
- ice cubes,
- ice dike,
- ice field,
- ice floe,
- ice foot,
- ice front,
- ice island,
- ice needle,
- ice pack,
- ice pinnacle,
- ice raft,
- ice sheet,
- icefall,
- icequake,
- icicle,
- jokul,
- lolly,
- neve,
- nieve penitente,
- pack ice,
- serac,
- shelf ice,
- sleet,
- slob,
- sludge,
- snow ice,
- snowberg