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What is an iceberg?

What is an iceberg? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
  2. (US, slang) An aloof person.
  3. (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.
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Thelma stayed in the stern, scanning the iceberg with binoculars, as we motored away.
We saw the iceberg coming but we were too busy dancing in the ballroom to take action to avoid it.
Royal Caribbean has recognized that it is heading for this iceberg, and its captains have ordered a sharp tack.
The event was unusual, because it was the second-largest iceberg to calve in the region in 26 months.
Animal sanctuaries take in about 33,000 rabbits a year, but that number is just the tip of the iceberg, she said.
First, there was the school cook who congratulated me for eating a diet of iceberg lettuce and watery ranch dressing for an entire week.

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