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# iceberg

«iceberg» in Mova's school dictionary: **a huge piece of floating ice that has broken off a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an iceberg, icebergs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An iceberg is a huge piece of floating ice that has broken off a glacier or ice sheet and floats in the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iceberg/#m1)

2) "The tip of the iceberg" means a small part of a much bigger problem that you cannot yet see. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iceberg/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography: about nine tenths of an iceberg is under the water, because ice is a little less dense than seawater. In history: the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. Phrases: tip of the iceberg, iceberg lettuce.

### examples

- The ship hit an iceberg and began to sink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iceberg/#x1)
- Most of an iceberg is hidden under the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iceberg/#x2)
- Polar bears sometimes rest on icebergs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iceberg/#x3)
- The broken window was only the tip of the iceberg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iceberg/#x4)
- We had iceberg lettuce in our salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iceberg/#x5)
- Icebergs are made of fresh water, not salt water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iceberg/#x6)
- The sea looked quite green, and large icebergs were floating about, each like a pearl, she said, but larger and loftier than the churches built by men. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iceberg/#x7)

### note

Countable: an iceberg (vowel sound). Fact for maths and science: about 1/10 shows above water and 9/10 is below. If 20 metres show above, the whole iceberg is about 200 metres tall. Icebergs are frozen fresh water, though they float in salty sea.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «iceberg» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iceberg/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.