[ひょうざんのいっかく, hyouzannoikkaku] (n) (metaphor) the tip of the iceberg[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Iceberg \Ice"berg`\, n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
iisbierg, Sw. isberg, properly, a mountain of ice. See {Ice},
and {Berg}.]
A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which
in cold regions often project into the sea.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iceberg
n 1: a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of
a polar glacier [syn: {iceberg}, {berg}]
2: lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a
firm head; "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce" [syn:
{crisphead lettuce}, {iceberg lettuce}, {iceberg}]
From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]:
iceberg
iceberg
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