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Berg
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Berg has 2 senses
- berg(n = noun.object) iceberg - a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier; Array is a kind of floater, ice mass
- berg(n = noun.person) alban berg - Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935); Array is a kind of composer
has particulars: growler
CIDE DICTIONARY
Berg, n. [Barrow hill, and cf. Iceberg.].
A large mass or hill, as of ice. [1913 Webster]
"Glittering bergs of ice."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Berg, n. = ICEBERG.
Berg, n. S.Afr. a mountain or hill.
Idiom
berg wind a hot dry northerly wind blowing from the interior to coastal districts.
Etymology
Afrik. f. Du.
THESAURUS
Berg
Dry Ice, calf, cryosphere, firn, floe, frazil, frozen water, glaciation, glacier, glacieret, glaze, glazed frost, granular snow, ground ice, growler, ice, ice banner, ice barrier, ice belt, ice cave, ice cubes, ice dike, ice field, ice floe, ice foot, ice front, ice island, ice needle, ice pack, ice pinnacle, ice raft, ice sheet, iceberg, icefall, icequake, icicle, jokul, lolly, neve, nieve penitente, pack ice, serac, shelf ice, sleet, slob, sludge, snow ice, snowberg
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