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floeberg

[ floh-burg ]
/ ˈfloʊ bɜrg /
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noun
a mass of ice floes resembling an iceberg.
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Origin of floeberg

1875–80; floe + berg; modeled on iceberg

Words nearby floeberg

flocking, flock paper, flocky, Flodden, floe, floeberg, flog, flogged, flogger, flogging, flokati
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How to use floeberg in a sentence

  • We are sheltered north of a huge paleocrystic floeberg; and the dogs are at rest, with their noses in their tails.

    A Negro Explorer at the North Pole|Matthew A. Henson

  • We pitched camp on a floeberg of unusual height; about us were many big hummocks, and to the lee of these banks of hardened snow.

    My Attainment of the Pole|Frederick A. Cook
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