bergyadj.
/ˈbəːɡi/ Abounding in icebergs; of the nature of an iceberg.
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the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [adjective] > of nature of
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the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [adjective] > abounding in
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1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. iii. 32 The bergs which infest this region, and which have earned for it..the title of the ‘Bergy Hole.’
1876 C. H. Davis Narr. North Polar Exped. Ship Polaris xi. 266 A considerable bergy mass of ice.
Compounds
bergy bit n. a large piece of ice that has broken away from an iceberg (see also quot. 1958).
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the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [noun] > fragment of ice detached from
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1935 Geogr. Jrnl. 86 301 The channel carrying ice-floes and bergy bits.
1958 New Scientist 10 July 358/3 As it weathers away, a berg becomes known as a ‘bergy bit’ (when about the size of a small house).
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