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The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.
Sigmund Freud

Meaning of "iceberg" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ICEBERG

Probably part translation of Middle Dutch ijsberg ice mountain; compare Norwegian isberg.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ICEBERG

iceberg  [ˈaɪsbɜːɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ICEBERG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Iceberg is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ICEBERG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

iceberg

Iceberg

An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water. It may subsequently become frozen into pack ice. As it drifts into shallower waters, it may come into contact with the seabed, a process referred to as seabed gouging by ice.

Definition of iceberg in the English dictionary

The definition of iceberg in the dictionary is a large mass of ice floating in the sea, esp a mass that has broken off a polar glacier. Other definition of iceberg is a person considered to have a cold or reserved manner.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ICEBERG


berg
bɜːɡ
Brandenburg
ˈbrændənˌbɜːɡ
burg
bɜːɡ
Hamburg
ˈhæmbɜːɡ
Harrisburg
ˈhærɪsˌbɜːɡ
Heidelberg
ˈhaɪdəlˌbɜːɡ
homburg
ˈhɒmbɜːɡ
Johannesburg
dʒəʊˈhænɪsˌbɜːɡ
Limburg
ˈlɪmbɜːɡ
Luxembourg
ˈlʌksəmˌbɜːɡ
Magdeburg
ˈmæɡdəˌbɜːɡ
Mecklenburg
ˈmɛklənˌbɜːɡ
Oldenburg
ˈəʊldənˌbɜːɡ
Petersburg
ˈpiːtəzˌbɜːɡ
Pittsburgh
ˈpɪtsbɜːɡ
Rosenberg
ˈrəʊzənbɜːɡ
Salzburg
ˈsæltsbɜːɡ
Spielberg
ˈspiːlbɜːɡ
Tilburg
ˈtɪlbɜːɡ
Williamsburg
ˈwɪljəmzˌbɜːɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ICEBERG

ice-cream soda
ice-cream van
ice-making compartment
ice-shelf
ice-skate
ice-skater
ice-skating
ice-station
Ice.
iceball
iceberg lettuce
iceblink
iceboat
iceboater
icebound
icebox
icebreaker
icebreaking
icecap
icecapped

WORDS THAT END LIKE ICEBERG

Arlberg
Bamberg
Blumberg
Bundaberg
Frederiksberg
Ginsberg
Hardenberg
Heisenberg
Holberg
Nirenberg
Nuremberg
Runeberg
Schoenberg
Sternberg
tip of the iceberg
Venusberg
von Sternberg
Vorarlberg
Weinberg
Wittenberg

Synonyms and antonyms of iceberg in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «iceberg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ICEBERG

Find out the translation of iceberg to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of iceberg from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «iceberg» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冰山
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

iceberg
570 millions of speakers

English

iceberg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिमशैल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جَبَلُ جَلِيدُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

айсберг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

iceberg
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিমশৈল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

iceberg
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gunung es
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eisberg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

氷山
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빙산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Iceberg
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

núi băng trôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பனிப்பாறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिमवर्षाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

buzdağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

iceberg
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

góra lodowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

айсберг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aisberg
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παγόβουνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ysberg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

isberg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

isfjell
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of iceberg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ICEBERG»

The term «iceberg» is very widely used and occupies the 20.105 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ICEBERG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «iceberg» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «iceberg» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about iceberg

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10 QUOTES WITH «ICEBERG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word iceberg.
1
Linwood Barclay
Al Gore, the former vice-president of the United States, lives in a mansion that uses more electricity than the average family's bungalow! David Suzuki rides on a bus that uses more fuel than a Smart car to get across Canada! Oh my God! And this is just the tip of the vanishing iceberg!
2
John Barrow
Releasing a record is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the promotion of the product, but you have to play the game if you are to have a chance of competing in the market place.
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Sigmund Freud
The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.
4
Donald Johanson
Journalists often ask me when I go to the field, 'What do you expect to find?' And my answer always is, 'The unexpected,' because we're just looking at the tip of the iceberg; we've just scratched the surface.
5
Toby Jones
I studied Hitchcock a little bit at University and knew the famous story about the Birds - that he'd tortured Tippi for a day using real birds. I had no idea that it was a five-day onslaught and that it was the tip of an iceberg that carried on through to another film.
6
Yo-Yo Ma
Sound is ephemeral, fleeting, but some sort of a physical manifestation can help you hold on to it longer in time. I'm sure of this; I've always thought the sound that you make is just the tip of the iceberg, like the person that you see physically is just the tip of the iceberg as well.
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Errol Morris
A movie is like a tip of an iceberg, in a way, because so little of what you do in connection with making a movie actually gets into the movie. Almost everything gets left behind.
8
Grover Norquist
What's hurting the U.S. economy is total government spending. The deficit is an indicator that the government is spending so much money that it can't even get around to stealing all of the money that it wants to spend. But the tip of the iceberg is not what hit the Titanic - it was the 90 percent of the iceberg under water.
9
Edna O'Brien
I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.
10
Timothy Olyphant
The basic thing a man should know is how to change a tyre and how to drive a tractor. Whatever that bearded dude is doing on the Dos Equis beer commercials sets the bar. That's your guy. Every man should be aiming to be like him. The beard is just the tip of the iceberg.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ICEBERG»

Discover the use of iceberg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to iceberg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any ...
This charming story about a penguin colony in Antarctica illustrates key truths about how deal with the issue of change: handle the challenge well and you can prosper greatly; handle it poorly and you put yourself at risk.
John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber, 2013
2
Iceberg
The towering iceberg drifting in the North Atlantic was a floating tomb.
Clive Cussler, 2009
3
The Iceberg Hermit
Shipwrecked in 1757 on an iceberg in the Arctic seas with only an orphaned polar bear cub for companionship, seventeen-year-old Allan begins a seemingly hopeless struggle for survival.
Arthur Roth, 1989
4
Pimp: The Story of My Life
Only he could tell this story and make the reader feel it. If you thought Hustle & Flow was the true pimp story, this book is where it all began.
Iceberg Slim, 2011
5
Iceberg
Just a few light-hearted questions that Iceberg doesn't attempt to answer. Part travel book, part black comedy, this three-part tale will amuse and inspire readers to take up arms, against themselves.
Paul Kavanagh, 2012
6
Trick Baby
This is the gritty truth, the life of a hustler in south side Chicago where the only characters are those who con and those who get conned.
Iceberg Slim, 2011
7
Mama Black Widow: A Story of the South's Black Underworld
Mama Black Widow tells the tragic story of Otis Tilson, a stunning black drag queen trapped in a cruel queer ghetto underworld.
Iceberg Slim, 2013
8
The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim: Robert Beck's Real Story
These tales serve as a chilling reminder that we are all still inmates of one prison or another, and the time to break free has arrived.
Iceberg Slim, 2013
9
Iceberg, Right Ahead!: The Tragedy of the Titanic
Prepare to follow the never-ending story of the Titanic into its second century.
Stephanie Sammartino McPherson, 2011
10
Exploring the Iceberg
Everyone has equal shares. And like everyone else, your self-esteem is bursting to come forth - overflowing its brim. You are taught to respect your parents and elders. This is confused culturally and religiously.
Paul Lamb, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ICEBERG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term iceberg is used in the context of the following news items.
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Iceberg Calving Boosts Methane Emissions - GlacierHub
The substantial increase in methane concentrations in tropical wetlands can be attributed to the last Glacial Period, when icebergs calving off ... «GlacierHub, Jul 15»
2
The Iceberg Nature of Fibromyalgia Burden - ProHealth
The Iceberg Nature of Fibromyalgia Burden: The Clinical and Economic Aspects. Abstract: This review has focused on important but less visible ... «ProHealth, Jul 15»
3
Breaking the bloody iceberg | Bangkok Post: lifestyle
Iceberg, The Invisible is an obvious tribute to 14 embattled anti-coup activists and Thailand's recent political woes (they were arrested, jailed ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
4
For Amazon, e-retail is just the tip of the iceberg
This month marks 20 years since Amazon sold its first book. It began as an online bookstore and then went on to sell and do so much more, ... «Marketplace.org, Jul 15»
5
Firewall & Iceberg, Episode 291: 'BoJack Horseman …
Last week, we figured the podcast would continue, but with certain aspects still up in the air, we wanted to underpromise and overdeliver, rather ... «HitFix, Jul 15»
6
London air pollution death figures 'only tip of iceberg' - Air Quality …
Today's (July 15) figures estimating that London air pollution caused the early deaths of almost 9,500 people in 2010 are “only the tip of the ... «AirQualityNews, Jul 15»
7
'This may be the tip of the iceberg,' Harrisburg Hope founder says …
"This may be the tip of the iceberg since ... there are a lot of lobbyists, lawyers, consultants and accountants who made out like bandits from ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
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Listen: Firewall & Iceberg Podcast No. 291 - BoJack Horseman …
I may be loitering over at TheFienPrint.com these days, while Alan may continue to be chugging along at HitFix, but The Firewall & Iceberg ... «HitFix, Jul 15»
9
Trump Is The Tip of the Iceberg | Jose Calderon - Huffington Post
As Donald Trump -- the sometimes businessman, the always carnival barker -- announced his decision to run for President of the United States ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
Boat people horror tip of the iceberg
These stories may grab the headlines, but they are only the tip of the iceberg. They highlight the extreme difficulties facing people on the move, ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»

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