Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mass of floating or stationary ice; an iceberg.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large floating mass or mountain of ice; an iceberg.
- noun A rock.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A large mass or hill, as of ice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Mountain , a largemass orhill . - noun An
iceberg .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935)
- noun a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But I suppose a pundit, such as berg, is used to these odours and finds it quite comfortable to swim in sleaze.
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Am I the only one to remember Sjöberg from the Brunching Shuttlecocks site?
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - A look to the future! Thanks to Wired! 2006
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The berg was a large one, fifty paces at least each way, and there was a hope that the other side might be more favourable.
The Refugees Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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"The berg is a good deal larger than I had fancied," answered Andrew.
Archibald Hughson An Arctic Story William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Because they're both Jewish and have "berg" in their last name?
Confirmed: Eisenberg, Timberlake and Garfield Cast in David Fincher’s The Social Network | /Film 2009
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Surprisingly, some of the hottest days, when temperatures up to 40°C are recorded, occur in winter as a result of hot "berg," or mountain winds.
Succulent Karoo 2008
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You're looking at the names on the census that end in "- berg" and "- stein" while thinking, How do we get all these Juden onto trains?
Becoming Adolf Cohen, Rich 2007
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Up this 'berg' our ponies wound their way zigzag between the rough boulders of rock which strewed the path.
A Girl's Ride in Iceland George Harley 1862
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AnWulf commented on the word berg
From Middle English bergh, berg, from Old English berg, beorg (“mountain, hill”).
January 22, 2012