iceberg
noun
a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
icebergs
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pluralof iceberg.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I instead recall coasting past a flotilla of icebergs in Alaska’s Glacier Bay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
"These results show that iron delivered by icebergs can be far less bioavailable than previously assumed, fundamentally altering how we think about carbon uptake in the Southern Ocean."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026
The research team traced this unexpected outcome to the chemical properties of the sediment delivered by icebergs.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026
Miles decorated the office with pictures of penguins jumping off icebergs and gave out “penguin awards” to people who tried ideas that didn’t work and kept trying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
Much of the island is submerged during the rainy season, and even in the dry summer pieces of the mazy shoreline are constantly calving off like icebergs and falling into the water.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
