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berg

berg

10 7.4
A large piece of ice that floats in the sea after breaking from a glacier
  • noun
  • /bɜrg/
translation icon : témpano
  • The booming of the pack ice against the trapped berg reverberated more insistently across the waters.

Examples

  • The ice was thin, and only a few areas had bergs large enough to support marine mammals.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Obviously, if she'd been only a few metres to one side of the berg, she would have missed it.

    Blog text (19)

  • After all, it was only half an hour since they'd hit the berg.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The berg is moving.

    Ice Age (2002)

  • As the ship sailed closer, we could see a massive berg floating peacefully in the ocean.

  • The explorer took careful notes about the various bergs they encountered during their Arctic expedition.

  • During the summer, many small bergs break apart and drift away from the glacier into warmer waters.

Synonyms

iceberg
vsberg
57 1.7

A large piece of ice that floats in the sea after breaking off a glacier

has identical meaning but is the shorter alternative form
bergy
vsberg
  • UK
9.6

A small floating iceberg that comes from a glacier

is larger in size rather than small

How Big

iceberg
57 1.7
berg
10 7.4
ice floe
  • UK
5 5.0

Surface Forms

berg singular
bergs plural

Etymology

The word berg comes from an old German word Berg meaning 'mountain' and is the same part in iceberg, which means 'ice mountain'. So a berg is like a big floating 'ice mountain', which is why it means a large mass of ice in the sea.