ICEBERG


Meaning of ICEBERG in English

n.1 a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice-sheet and carried out to sea.

2 an unemotional or cold-blooded person.

Phrases and idioms:

iceberg lettuce any of various crisp lettuces with a freely blanching head. the tip of the iceberg a small perceptible part of something (esp. a difficulty) the greater part of which is hidden.

Etymology: prob. f. Du. ijsberg f. ijs ice + berg hill

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.