iceberg

as indispassionate
as incold fish
as inglacier
as inice

Synonyms for iceberg

adj unfeeling, impartial

Antonyms for iceberg

Word Origin & History

1774, partial loan-translation of Dutch ijsberg, literally "ice mountain," from ijs "ice" (see ice (n.)) + berg "mountain" (see barrow (n.2)). An earlier term was sea-hill (1690s). Phrase tip of the iceberg, in a figurative sense, first recorded 1962. Iceberg lettuce attested from 1893.

Example Sentences for iceberg

There is an iceberg all ready to hand; weve only got to hollow it out.

I cast anchor under her lee—and 'twas like tyin' up to an iceberg at first.

Then, with Johnson's assistance, he built a resting-place in an iceberg.

Does the pine contradict the rose or the lotusland the iceberg?

Something would have been hurt, but it would not have been the iceberg.

Remote in the north-west hung the gleam of an iceberg; there was nothing else in sight.

But the iceberg doesn't astonish me, as we are two degrees further north.

The iceberg, caught up by an undercurrent, rapidly approached the pass.

They ran up to him, and he pointed to a gun leaning against an iceberg.

The lee of an iceberg ain't a place one would choose, if one could help it.

iceberg

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More words related to iceberg

cold fish

dispassionate

glacier

glaciers

ice