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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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I saw and heard the piercing crack of an iceberg calving and the resounding silence on the top of Ellesmere Island.
We saw the iceberg coming but we were too busy dancing in the ballroom to take action to avoid it.
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.
We would also, routinely, sprinkle plenty of white sugar on tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, and cottage cheese.
The green salad bordered on a non-event thanks to the iceberg lettuce, but the orange-tinged dressing had a nice sesame scent to it.

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