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Dictionary: berg   (bûrg) pronunciation

n.
A mass of floating or stationary ice; an iceberg.

[Short for ICEBERG.]


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IN BRIEF: n. - A large mass of ice floating at sea.

Tutor's tip: A "berg" is an iceberg, a "burg" is a fortified or walled town, and a "burgh" is a town in Scotland.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
  Synonym: iceberg


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For people named Berg see Berg (surname)

Berg is the word for mountain in various Germanic languages, and may also refer to:

In Austria:

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In North America

In Africa

  • Berg River, a river in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

In other uses

  • Berg Publishers, an academic publishing company based in Oxford, England
  • Berg Automobile Company, a former manufacturer of automobiles in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Iceberg
  • Berg connector, a brand of electrical connector used in computer hardware
  • Berg, a brand of radio control receivers produced by Castle Creations, Kansas, USA

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Ten Barge (family name)
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