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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

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Once the berg crosses over this ridge, it will enter the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, one of the most powerful movements of water on the planet.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024

When the berg started moving, after 2020, it became increasingly difficult to obtain broad thickness measurements.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023

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

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

Experts feared that the mighty berg would become trapped on the surrounding seafloor, like B-22A, and that its cooling effect would drastically impact the ecosystem there.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 19, 2023

Horrified, the crew of Endurance watched as one large berg began plowing in slow motion toward their position.

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

Those criticisms, and the use by the Illinois Policy Institute and Mr. Berg of the word “toxic” to describe CTU, show intent to harm the union, the suit argues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Last week the CTU sued the conservative Illinois Policy Institute, the think tank’s Chicago Policy Center executive director Austin Berg, and the Liberty Justice Center, alleging a “smear campaign designed to inflict maximum reputational harm.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Berg highlighted Korean equities and semiconductor stocks in general, as having bottomed and showing upside potential.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

“I’m honored to lead Major League Soccer into its next era,” Berg, a lifelong soccer fan and player, said in a statement released by the league.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Mrs Van de Berg was ahead of us.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Related Words

• ice floe
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