iceberg
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- noun
- /ˈaɪsˌbɜrg/
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lechuga iceberg
- There are several different types of lettuce to choose from, including romaine, iceberg, and spring mix.
- iceberg lettuce
But there's very few examples like the iceberg lettuce that are really useless.
- But there's very few examples like the iceberg lettuce that are really useless.
- And when it's hot, I want like crunchy iceberg lettuce and like cold foods.
- It kind of tastes like if iceberg lettuce was in the form of a cucumber.
Examples
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The recipe calls for a crisp salad made with iceberg lettuce and cherry tomatoes.
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ROMAINE LETTUCE IS MUCH BETTER FOR YOU THAN THE ICEBERG LETTUCE.
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And when it's hot, I want like crunchy iceberg lettuce and like cold foods.
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However, we do eat out a lot, and I don't always have to resort to iceberg lettuce and French fries.
Blog text (31) -
Cream cheese, iceberg lettuce, Branston Mayo and salt.
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A white bread bologna sandwich with iceberg lettuce and Miracle Whip.
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Just iceberg lettuce, half a cup of garbanzos and a lemon wedge.
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When she made salads for Sara, she arranged the iceberg lettuce leaves, carrots, tomatoes, and olives into the approximate shape of a girl.
Fiction book (2000) -
For lunch, I prepared a sandwich topped with slices of iceberg lettuce and turkey.
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The chef added a generous serving of iceberg lettuce to the salad for extra crunch.
Synonyms
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A pale green lettuce with crisp, tightly packed leaves forming a firm round head
A lettuce with firm, light green, tightly packed leaves and a crunchy texture, also called iceberg lettuce
Compounds
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A pale green lettuce with crisp, tightly packed leaves forming a firm round head
How Crisp
Surface Forms
Morphology
iceberg = iceberg lettuce (opaque) = ice + berg
As a shortened form of 'iceberg lettuce', this sense is easy to interpret if the full phrase is already known.
Etymology
Iceberg for the lettuce uses the same parts ice and berg ('mountain'), and a helpful way to remember this is that the round, pale head looks like a small 'ice mountain' or was kept on 'ice' in transport, so the name suggests a cool, crisp lettuce.