A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from 19th c.]
Used in a Sentence
iceberg
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for iceberg.
Editorial note
The tip of the iceberg is the report that was published last week from IMF that pretty much described the Greek dept as unsustainable.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from 19th c.]
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of iceberg gathered in one view.
(US, slang) An aloof person. [from 19th c.]
(figuratively, after an adjective) An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for iceberg.
noun
A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from 19th c.]
noun
(US, slang) An aloof person. [from 19th c.]
noun
(figuratively, after an adjective) An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show.
noun
(by extension) A list, infographic, or other enumeration of such a topic and its subcomponents, often ordered into groups sorted by obscurity and bizarreness.
Example sentences
The tip of the iceberg is the report that was published last week from IMF that pretty much described the Greek dept as unsustainable.
Same way the Mach server was only the tip of the iceberg in the sphere of microkernels.
Usenet regulars told themselves that their technically superior Usenet was winning, even when the ship had already hit the iceberg.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, and the future absence of privacy will not really be about Google...
Luckily there's many other ships you can jump off to if the iceberg gets too close.
Recording and transferring ownership of securities is really just the tip of the iceberg.
The world economic situation is in a very interesting place at the moment - Greece is only the tip of the iceberg.
That's just the tip of the iceberg, Microsoft plows plenty of resources into R&D.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg what they're doing.
When you see a logotype, it's just the tip of the iceberg.
The scary thing is, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Also, even if Knuth manages to complete all of his planned volumes, it would still have scratched only tip of the tip of a iceberg.
Quote examples
It's kind of like saying, "Let's see if the new hull design works by deliberately steering the boat into an iceberg!"
And that's just the "shocking" tip of the iceberg of widespread mismanagement.
That's just the tip of the iceberg: "Tesla Motors now has a huge incentive to get the RoboCar on the road by 2020, but Mr.
While it's true that "The [California Labor Commission’s] Uber decision...was only a single claim", I'm not so sure it was "blown out of proportion." You could also see it as the tip of a big iceberg.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use iceberg in a sentence?
The tip of the iceberg is the report that was published last week from IMF that pretty much described the Greek dept as unsustainable.
What does iceberg mean?
A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from 19th c.]
What part of speech is iceberg?
iceberg is commonly used as noun.