an iceberg, or a large mass of floating ice. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ3483 |
| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [noun] (18) island of ice1613 an iceberg, or a large mass of floating ice. Obsolete. shoal1648 A mass of floating ice; an iceberg or floe. ice hill1694 = iceberg, n. 2. Now rare. ice rock1704 A (natural) block of ice; an iceberg. Also: an ice-covered rock (rare). Cf. ice boulder n. at ice, n. compounds 8. iceberg1784 A large floating mass of ice, sometimes of immense size, typically detached from a glacier or ice sheet and drifting in the sea. Cf. ice-island, n.… mountain of ice1818 A huge heap or pile; a great mass. Usually with of. berg1823 Short for iceberg, n. 2a: A (floating) mountain or mass of ice; (only used when ice is mentioned or understood in the context). Subcategories:— extensive (2) — field (1) — low water-washed (1) — made of floe-ice (1) — detached from coast glacier (1) — flat-topped iceberg detached from shelf (1) — action of throwing off piece of ice (1) — fragment of ice detached from (3) |
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