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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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After separating from the glacier, the berg moved down Petermann Fjord toward Nares Strait at an average speed of about 3 kilometers per day during its first week.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The berg is expected shortly to step into a powerful current that will sweep it away into the Southern Ocean.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 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

Shackleton, Wild, and Worsley kept a lookout from the highest point on their berg, a twenty-foot-tall knoll.

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

Addressing British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who unveiled the sanctions on Tuesday, Berg vowed to put his money "in the land".

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

“I don’t have to look at a white paper on affordability. I know people are struggling and that this economy is hurting people,” Berg told The 19th.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

The Scottish champions have signed four first-team players so far this window and have been linked with Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, Parma midfielder Oliver Sorensen and PSV Eindhoven midfielder Joel van den Berg.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

Someone had climbed up the side of the Berg.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

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