berg

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
  2. noun Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935)

Etymology

Clipping of iceberg.

In classic literature

Synonyms

iceberg

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