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  berg

  noun

  iceberg.
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  Berg

  noun

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

berg

¹ American  

[burg] / bɜrg /

noun

Oceanography.

1. iceberg.

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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.

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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

"We saw waves, a good 3m or 4m high, smashing into the berg," said expedition leader Ian Strachan.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 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

They all knew that if the berg plowed through their camp, there would be no hope of survival, and trying to get out of its unpredictable path was pointless.

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

Related Words

• ice floe
• iceberg