iceberg
IPA: ˈaɪsbɝg
noun
- (obsolete) The seaward end of a glacier. [:Template:SAFESUBST:–Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- (US, slang) An aloof person. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- (figuratively, after an adjective) An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show, in reference to one-tenth of the volume of an iceberg being visible above water.
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Examples of "iceberg" in Sentences
- This is literally the tip of the iceberg.
- Sadly, that is just the tip of the iceberg.
- Battleground is just the tip of the iceberg.
- The iceberg appeared directly in front of the Titanic.
- He's describing the largest iceberg in the north pole.
- The Paramount acquisition was only the tip of the iceberg.
- Seeing iceberg melting, people thought that it is a crisis.
- The list in the guideline now is only the tip of the iceberg.
- The parenthesis about laksha was just the tip of the iceberg.
- It is now known that the milestone is just the tip of the iceberg.
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