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.