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berg

1 American  
[burg] / bɜrg /

noun

Oceanography.

  1. iceberg.

Berg 2 American  
[berg, berk, burg] / bɛrg, bɛrk, bɜrg /

noun

  1. Alban 1885–1935, Austrian composer, noted for bringing expressive emotion to the twelve-tone technique.

  2. Patricia Jane Patty, 1918–2006, U.S. golfer: a founding member of the LPGA.

  3. Paul, 1926–2023, U.S. biochemist: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980.

Berg 1 British  
/ bɜːɡ, bɛrk /

noun

  1. Alban ( Maria Johannes ) (ˈalbaːn). 1885–1935, Austrian composer: a pupil of Schoenberg. His works include the operas Wozzeck (1921) and Lulu (1935), a violin concerto (1935), chamber works, and songs

  2. Paul . born 1926, US molecular biologist, the first to identify transfer RNA (1956). Nobel prize for chemistry 1980

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berg 2 British  
/ bɜːɡ /

noun

  1. short for iceberg

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berg 3 British  
/ bɜːɡ /

noun

  1. a South African word for mountain

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Etymology

Origin of berg

First recorded in 1815–25; by shortening

Example Sentences

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Recent close-up photographs from passing ships show the berg wasting at its edges.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

Milder air temperatures will create surface melt ponds that drain through the berg, helping to open up fractures.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024

“It is amazing to see this huge berg in person — it stretches as far as the eye can see.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

But that was before a mammoth berg started meandering northward from Antarctica.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Finally, he drew up in the lee of a large berg and shouted to Worsley to go back and help the other boat.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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