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ice·berg

(īs′bûrg′)
n.
1. A massive floating body of ice broken away from a glacier. Only about 10 percent of its mass is above the surface of the water.
2. Informal A cold, aloof person.
[Partial translation of Dutch ijsberg, from Middle Dutch ijsbergh : ijs, ice + bergh, mountain; see bhergh- in Indo-European roots.]
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iceberg

(ˈaɪsbɜːɡ)
n
1. (Physical Geography) a large mass of ice floating in the sea, esp a mass that has broken off a polar glacier
2. tip of the iceberg the small visible part of something, esp a problem or difficulty, that is much larger
3. slang chiefly US a person considered to have a cold or reserved manner
[C18: probably part translation of Middle Dutch ijsberg ice mountain; compare Norwegian isberg]
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ice•berg

(ˈaɪs bɜrg)

n.
1. a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
2. an emotionally cold person.
Idioms:
tip of the iceberg, the first hint or revelation of a more complex situation.
[1765–75; < Dutch ijsberg]
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ice·berg

(īs′bûrg′)
A massive body of floating ice that has broken away from a glacier. Most of an iceberg lies underwater, but because ice is not quite as dense as water, about one ninth of it remains above the surface.
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iceberg

A floating mass of ice that has broken off the end of a glacier and fallen into the sea.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:iceberg - a large mass of ice floating at sea]iceberg - a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
floater - an object that floats or is capable of floating
growler - a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping
ice mass - a large mass of ice
2. iceberg - lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head; "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"
lettuce - leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
head lettuce, Lactuca sativa capitata - distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball
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Translations
جَبَلُ جَلِيدُ جَبَل جَليدي
kraledovecplovoucí ledovec
isbjerg
jäävuori
santasanta leda
jéghegy
hafís, borgarísjaki
氷山
빙산
aisbergs
isfjell isberg
ledena gora
isberg
ภูเขาน้ําแข็งลอยอยู่กลางทะเล
buzdağı aysberg
núi băng trôi

iceberg

[ˈaɪsbɜːg]
A. N → iceberg m
that's just the tip of the iceberg! → no es más que la punta del iceberg
B. CPD iceberg lettuce N → lechuga f repollo
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iceberg

[ˈaɪsbɜːrg] n → iceberg m
the tip of the iceberg → la partie émergée de l'icebergiceberg lettuce n → laitue f iceberg
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iceberg

[ˈaɪsbɜːg] n → iceberg m inv
this is only the tip of the iceberg (fig) → questa è solo la punta dell'iceberg
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ice

(ais) noun
1. frozen water. The pond is covered with ice. ys جَليد лед gelo led das Eis is πάγος hielo jää یخ jää glace קרח बर्फ led jég es ís, klaki ghiaccio 氷 얼음 ledas ledus ais ijs is lód یخ، کنګل gelo gheaţă лёд ľad led led is น้ําแข็ง buz 冰 лід برف băng 冰
2. an ice-cream. chocolate ice-cream. Three ices, please. roomys, ysie قِطْعَة ثَلْج: بوظَه сладолед sorvete zmrzlina das Eis is; -is παγωτό helado jäätis بستنی jäätelö crème glacée גלידה आइस क्रीम sladoled fagylalt es krim (rjóma)ís gelato アイスクリーム 빙과, 아이스크림 ledai saldējums ais krim ijsje is, fløteis lód آیسکړیم gelado îngheţată мороженое zmrzlina sladoled sladoled glass ไอศกรีม dondurma 冰淇淋 морозиво آئس کریم kem 冰淇淋
3. (American) a fruit-flavoured frozen dessert usually made without milk and cream. lemon ice(s). sorbet مَثْلوج لَيْمون занръзен десерт gelado ovocná zmrzlina das Eis sorbet-is γρανίτα postre mahlajää بستنی یخی jäädyke sorbet קרחון एक व्यंजन ledeni voćni desert gyümölcsfagylalt kue (succo di frutta gelato) アイスクリーム (미) 얼음 과자 vaisiniai ledai augļu saldējums ais lemon gelatinepudding sorbet شیریخ фруктовый десерт ovocná zmrzlina (z vody) ledeni desert voćna poslastica sorbet ไอศกรีม meyveli dondurma (美國)水果冰 фруктове морозиво پھل کے ذائقہ اور برف سے بنی میٹھی شے món tráng miệng có vị hoa quả (Mỹ) 冰冻甜食(果味的)
verb
to cover with icing. She iced the cake. versier يُغَطّي بِطَبَقَة سُكَّر заледявам cobrir polít glasieren glasere γλασάρω glasear suhkruglasuuriga katma پوشیده از یخ کردن kuorruttaa glacer לְצַפות בִּקרֶם आइसिंग डालना prekriti ledom cukormázzal bevon mengglasur setja krem/glassúr á (köku) glassare 糖衣でおおう 얼음으로 덮다 užlieti glajumi sasalt; pārklāties ar ledu; pārklāt ar glazūru mengaising glaceren ta på glasur/krem lukrować یخ ګنل cobrir a acoperi cu glazură покрывать глазурью poliať cukrovou polevou obliti s sladkorjem staviti glazuru glasera, dra över med glasyr โรยหน้า (ขนมเค้ก) ด้วยน้ําตาลไอซิ่ง şekerli krema sürmek 塗上糖霜 покривати цукровою глазур'ю کیک پر شکر اور بالائی کے نقوش بنانا phủ đường (在糕饼上)涂糖霜
ˈicing noun
a mixture of sugar, white of egg, water etc used to cover or decorate cakes. koekversiering مَزيج سُكَّر وَبَيض وَماء لِتَغْطِيَة الكَعْكَه глазура glacê poleva der Zuckerguß glasur γλάσο alcorza, glaseado suhkruglasuur ماده تزئینی خامه مانند برای روی شیرینی kuorrute glaçage צִיפוּי קְרֶם चीनी, अन्डे की सफेदी, पानी इत्यादि से बना जिसका इस्तेमाल केक सजाने में होता है šećerna glazura cukorbevonat glasur kökukrem, glassúr glassa 糖衣 (과자 등의) 당의 glajus (cukura) glazūra aising suikerglazuur glasur lukier دكيك پرمخ باندې يوه خوږه طبقه glacé glazură сахарная глазурь cukrová poleva sladkorni obliv glazura glasyr น้ําตาลหรือครีมโรยหน้าขนม şekerli krema 糖霜 цукрова глазур شکر، انڈے کی سفیدی اور پانی کے بنے ماوا جس سے کیک سجاتے ہیں đường phủ lên mặt bánh ngọt (糕饼表层的)糖霜
ˈicy adjective
1. very cold. icy winds. ysig ثَلْجي، قارِس леден gelado ledový eisig iskold; isnende παγωμένος helado, glacial jäine بسیار سرد kylmä glacé קַר מְאוֹד बहुत ठण्डा, बर्फ leden hideg dingin ískaldur gelido 氷のような 아주 차가운 ledinis ledains sangat sejuk ijzig iskald, isnende, isete lodowaty يخى وزمه، ډير سوړ، يخ لرونكى gelado rece (ca gheaţa) ледяной ľadový leden leden iskall, bitande kall หนาวจัด çok soğuk, buz gibi 冰冷的 льодяний; холодний, як лід بہت سرد cóng 冰冷的
2. covered with ice. icy roads. ysig مُغَطّى بالثَّلْج заледен gelado zledovatělý vereist iset παγωμένος helado jääga kaetud یخ زده jäinen verglacé מְכוּסֶה קֶרַח बर्फ से अटा prekriven ledom jeges berlapis es ísaður ghiacciato 氷でおおわれた 얼음으로 덮인 apledėjęs pārklāts ar ledu meliputi met ijs bedekt islagt, iset oblodzony يخى وزمه gelado acoperit cu gheaţă/cu polei покрытый льдом zľadovatelý poledenel zaleđen isig ซึ่งเต็มไปด้วยน้ําแข็ง buzlu, buz kaplanmış, buzlanmış 被冰覆蓋的 вкритий кригою برف سے ڈھکا đóng băng 被冰覆盖的
3. unfriendly. an icy tone of voice. kille بارِد، غَيْر وُدّي леден gelado ledový eisig kold; kølig παγερός frío, seco külm غیر دوستانه kylmä glacial קר गैर मित्रवत neljubazno fagyos dingin kuldalegur freddo, gelido 冷淡な 냉담한 ledinis ledains; auksts dingin ijzig iskald lodowaty نامهربان ، بې صميميته: دښمن gelado glacial ледяной ľadový, chladný leden hladan iskall ซึ่งเย็นชา soğuk 冷冰冰的 крижаний غیر دوستانہ không thân thiện 冷冰冰的
ˈicily adverb
ysig بِبُرود ледено geladamente ledově eisig køligt; iskoldt παγερά fríamente, secamente jäiselt به سردی؛ مثل یخ jäätävästi d'un air/ton glacial בִּקרִירוּת शीत ledeno fagyosan, hűvösen secara dingin kuldalega freddamente 冷たく 냉담하게 šaltai ledaini dengan dingin ijzig iskaldt lodowato په يخه توګه geladamente (cu un aer/ton) glacial холодно ľadovo, chladne ledeno hladno iskallt, isande อย่างเย็นชา buzlu buzlu; buzlarla örtülü 冰冷地,冷冰冰地 дуже холодно بیزاری سے băng giá 冰冷地
ˈiciness noun
ysigheid تَثَلُّج، تَجَمُّد леденост gelo ledový chlad eisige Kälte kulde ψυχρότητα lo glacial jäisus سردی؛ یخی jäätävyys froideur glaciale קרירות ठंडापन ledena hladnoća fagyos/hűvös volta vminek sikap dingin ískuldi freddo glaciale 冷たさ 냉담함 šaltumas ledainums kedinginan ijzigheid isende kulde lodowatość یخی gelo răceală glacială холодность ľadový chlad leden mraz hladnoća isighet การปกคลุมด้วยน้ําแข็ง; ความหนาวจัด soğukluk, buzluluk, ilgisizlik 冰冷,冷冰冰 холодність, байдужість بیزاری sự băng giá 冰冷
ice age
a time when a great part of the earth's surface was covered with ice. ystyd, ystydperk العَصْر الجَليدي ледена епоха idade do gelo doba ledová die Eiszeit istid εποχή των παγετώνων período glacial jääaeg عصر یخ jääkausi période glaciaire תְקוַּפת הַקֶרַח हिम युग ledeno doba jégkorszak zaman es ísöld era glaciale 氷河時代 빙하 시대 ledynmetis ledus laikmets zaman ais ijstijd istid epoka lodowcowa د يخ عصر idade do gelo epocă glaciară ледниковый период doba ľadová ledena doba ledeno doba istid ยุคน้ําแข็ง buzul çağı 冰河時期 льодовиковий період وہ عرصہ جب زمین کا زیادہ تر حصہ برف سے ڈھکا تھا thời kỳ băng hà 冰河时代,冰期
ice axe
a type of axe used by mountain climbers to cut holds in ice for their hands and feet. ysbyl فأس تَسَلُّق الجِبال الثَّلْجِيَّه пикел machado de alpinista cepín der Eispickel isøkse ορειβατική ραβδοσκαπάνη piolet jääkirves تبر یخشکن hakku piolet גַרזֵן קֶרַח बर्फ काटने की कुल्हाड़ी cepin jégcsákány tembilang ísexi piccozza da ghiaccio 砕氷おの 얼음 깨는 도끼 ledkirtis ledus cērte kapak ais ijshamer isøks czekan تبر machado de alpinista pio­let ледоруб horolezecký čakan cepin sekira za led isyxa ขวานน้ําแข็ง buz baltası 破冰斧 льодоруб پہاڑ پر چڑھنے والوں کا اوزار جس سے وہ برف کاٹ کر راستہ بناتے ہیں rìu phá băng 破冰斧
ˈiceberg noun
a huge mass of ice floating in the sea. ysberg جَبَل جَليدي айсберг iceberg plovoucí ledovec der Eisberg isbjerg παγόβουνο iceberg jäämägi کوه یخ شناور در آب jäävuori iceberg קרחון हिमशैल ledena santa, ledenjak jéghegy gunung es hafís, borgarísjaki iceberg 氷山 빙산 ledkalnis aisbergs gunung ais ijsberg isfjell góra lodowa ديخى يوه لويه ټوټه چې ديخچال څخه جداشوى او داوبو پرمخ ګرځى icebergue aisberg айсберг ľadovec ledena gora ledeni breg isberg ภูเขาน้ําแข็ง buzdağı, aysberg 冰山 айсберг برفانی تودہ tảng băng 冰山
ice box
(American) a refrigerator. yskas ثَلاجَة كَبيرَه، خِزانَة تَبْريد хладилник congelador chladnička der Kühlschrank køleskab ψυγείο congelador külmkapp یخچال jääkaappi réfrigérateur מקרר बर्फ रखने का डिब्बा hladionik hűtőszekrény lemari es ísskápur frigorifero 冷蔵庫 (미) 냉장고 šaldytuvas ledusskapis peti ais koelkast kjøleskap lodówka یخچال congelador tăviţă pentru cuburi de gheaţă холодильник chladnička hladilnik frižider kylskåp ตู้เย็น buzdolabı 冰箱 холодильник, лідник ٹھنڈی الماری tủ lạnh 冰箱
ˌice-ˈcream noun
cream or a mixture of creamy substances, flavoured and frozen. chocolate ice-cream. roomys مَثْلوجات، بوظَه сладолед sorvete zmrzlina das Eis is; -is παγωτό helado jäätis بستنی jäätelö crème glacée גלידה कुल्फी, आइसक्रीम sladoled fagylalt es krim (rjóma)ís gelato アイスクリーム 아이스크림 ledai saldējums ais krim roomijs iskrem lody آیسکړیم sorvete мороженое zmrzlina sladoled sladoled glass ไอศกรีม dondurma 冰淇淋 морозиво آئس کریم kem 冰淇淋
ˈice-cube noun
a small cube of ice used for cooling drinks etc. ysblokkie مُكَعَّب ثَلْجي ледено кубче cubo de gelo kostka ledu der Eiswürfel isterning παγάκι cubito de hielo jääkuubik قالب یخ jääkuutio glaçon קוּבִּייַת קֶרַח बर्फ के छोटे टुकडे़ kocka leda jégkocka es batu klaki, ísmoli cubetto di ghiaccio 角氷 각빙(角氷) ledo gabaliukas ledus kubiciņš ketul ais ijsblokje isbit kostka lodu د یخ قالب cubo de gelo кубик льда kocka ľadu kocka ledu kocka leda iskub, istärning น้ําแข็งก้อน buz küpü 冰塊 кубик льоду ٹھنڈی الماری میں جمائی ہوئی برف cục đá lạnh 冰块
ice rink
a large room or building with a floor of ice for skating. ysskaatsbaan غُرْفَة ثَلْجِيَّة للتَّزَلُّج ледена пързалка rinque de patinação kluziště die Eisbahn skøjtebane παγοδρόμιο pista de patinaje liuväli پیست پاتیناژ luistelurata patinoire מִשטַח הַחלָקָה עַל הַקֶרַח एक प्रकार की बर्फीली चादर dvoransko klizalište műjég(pálya) tempat main skat es skautahöll pista di pattinaggio 室内スケートリンク (실내) 스케이트장 čiuožykla [] slidotava tempat main ais luncur ijsbaan ishall lodowisko يوډول سمندرې كب چې پلن او هوارجسم او اوږده نرۍ لكۍ لري rinque de patinagem patinoar каток klzisko drsališče klizalište skridskobana, ishall ลานสเก็ต buz pateni sahası, patinaj sahası 溜冰場 ковзанка اسکیٹنگ کے لئے برف کے فرش والا خاص کمرا sân trượt băng 溜冰场,滑冰场
ice-skate verb
to skate on ice. ysskaats تَتَزَلَّج عَلى الجَليد пързалям се на лед patins de gelo bruslit (na ledu) Eis laufen skøjte; løbe på skøjter παγοδρομώ patinar sobre hielo uisutama پاتیناژ کردن روی یخ luistella patiner sur la glace לְהַחֲלִיק עַל הַקֶרַח हिमसरण करना klizati korcsolyázik bermain ski es pattinare sul ghiaccio アイススケートをする 스케이트를 타다 čiuožti slidot sepatu luncur schaatsen سکیت یو دوله لوبه ده кататься на коньках korčuľovať sa klizati na ledu åka skridsko เล่นสเก็ตน้ําแข็ง buz pateni yapmak, buzda kaymak 溜冰 кататися на ковзанах برف پر اسکیٹنگ کرنا trượt băng 溜冰
ice-skating noun
ysskaats تَزَلُّج عَلى الجَليد пързаляне на лед patinação no gelo bruslení das Eislaufen skøjteløb patinaje sobre hielo uisutamine پاتیناژ luistelu הַחלָקָה עַל קֶרַח हिम सरण klizanje korcsolyázás ski es pattinaggio su ghiaccio アイススケート 빙상 스케이트 čiuožimas slidošana bermain ais luncur schaatsen سکیت катание на коньках korčuľovanie klizanje na ledu skridskoåkning รองเท้าเสก็ตน้ําแข็ง buz pateni yapma 溜冰 катання на ковзанах برف پر اسکیٹنگ trò trượt băng 溜冰
ice tray
a metal or plastic tray for making ice-cubes in a refrigerator. ysbakkie صينيَّة مُكعَّبات الجَليد съд за лед forma de gelo miska na led der Kasten zum Eiswürfel machen isterningbakke δίσκος για παγάκια, παγοκυψέλη bandeja para cubitos jääkarp جایخی jääkuutioteline bac à glaçons תַּבנִית לְקוּבִּיוֹת קֶרַח बर्फ की तश्तरी posuda za spravljanje leda jégkockatartó talam es untuk membuat es batu ísmolaform, klakaform vaschetta del ghiaccio 製氷皿 제빙 그릇 ledų formelė ledus vanniņa (ledusskapī) bekas buat ais ijsla isbrett foremka do lodu پتنوس: مجمه forma de gelo tăviţă pentru cuburi de gheaţă форма для льда miska na ľad posoda za led posuda za led islåda ถาดทําน้ําแข็ง buz kabı 製冰盤 льодоформа برف جمانے کی ٹرے khay làm đá 冰盘
ice over/up
to become covered with ice. The pond iced over during the night; The windows have iced up. verys, geys يَتَغَطّى بالجَليد заледявам gelar zamrznout vereisen ise til; fryse til παγώνω helarse jäätuma پوشیده از یخ شدن jäätyä geler; givrer קפיאה हिमाच्छादित होना prekriti se ledom befagy berlapis es frysta, frjósa, leggja; hríma, héla ghiacciare, gelare 氷でおおわれる 얼음으로 덮이다 užšalti pārklāties ar ledu; apledot diliputi ais dichtvriezen fryse til/på, dekke med is pokryć się lodem یخ ګنل gelar a îngheţa покрываться льдом zamrznúť zaledeneti zalediti se frysa till, bli nedisad กลายเป็นน้ําแข็ง; ปกคลุมด้วยน้ําแข็ง buzlanmak, buz tutmak 被冰覆蓋 обмерзати برف سے ڈھک جانا đóng băng 被冰覆盖
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iceberg

→ جَبَلُ جَلِيدُ ledovec isbjerg Eisberg παγόβουνο iceberg jäävuori iceberg santa leda iceberg 氷山 빙산 ijsberg isfjell góra lodowa iceberg айсберг isberg ภูเขาน้ําแข็งลอยอยู่กลางทะเล buzdağı núi băng trôi 冰山
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Nearer still, following the drift, an iceberg rears its crags and pinnacles to the sky; here, glittering in the moonbeams; there, looming dim and ghost-like in the ashy light.
Midway on the long sweep of the lower slope of the iceberg, what objects rise, and break the desolate monotony of the scene?
Now, that Lazarus should lie stranded there on the curbstone before the door of Dives, this is more wonderful than that an iceberg should be moored to one of the Moluccas.
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The third showed the pinnacle of an iceberg piercing a polar winter sky: a muster of northern lights reared their dim lances, close serried, along the horizon.
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"I shall always think of you; you shall not be to me as a ship that has passed in the night, though to me you have behaved very like an iceberg."
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I should say that those New England rocks on the sea-coast, which Agassiz imagines to bear the marks of violent scraping contact with vast floating icebergs --I should say, that those rocks must not a little resemble the Sperm Whale in this particular.
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As icebergs are known to be sometimes loaded with earth and stones, and have even carried brushwood, bones, and the nest of a land-bird, I can hardly doubt that they must occasionally have transported seeds from one part to another of the arctic and antarctic regions, as suggested by Lyell; and during the Glacial period from one part of the now temperate regions to another.
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I have said that within the period of existing sea-shells, Patagonia has been upraised 300 to 400 feet: I may add, that within the period when icebergs transported boulders over the upper plain of Santa Cruz, the elevation has been at least
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Nothing could be more weird than the appearance of these seemingly basaltic summits; they stood out in fantastic profile against the sombre sky, and the beholder might have fancied them to be the legendary ruins of some vast city of the middle ages, such as the icebergs of the polar seas sometimes mimic them in nights of gloom.
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After this season of congealed dampness came a spell of dry frost, when strange birds from behind the North Pole began to arrive silently on the upland of Flintcomb-Ash; gaunt spectral creatures with tragical eyes--eyes which had witnessed scenes of cataclysmal horror in inaccessible polar regions of a magnitude such as no human being had ever conceived, in curdling temperatures that no man could endure; which had beheld the crash of icebergs and the slide of snow-hills by the shooting light of the Aurora; been half blinded by the whirl of colossal storms and terraqueous distortions; and retained the expression of feature that such scenes had engendered.
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Icebergs! "Icebergs, nothin'!" exclaimed one of the Englishmen.
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Unfortunate man of science, after having braved the icebergs of the South Pole, the coral reefs of Oceania, the cannibals of the Pacific, to perish miserably in a railway train!
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