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Main definitions of berg in English

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short for iceberg

‘In the 1990s a berg the size of Oxfordshire broke off the Antarctic ice shelf and was widely hailed as proof of global warming.’

‘Kooyman said the site visits confirm what the photographic evidence appeared to show: ice conditions produced by the collisions of the giant bergs with the shoreline’
‘There are some antiseptic-blue overtones to it, too, and a whole spectrum of greens where the berg descends into the depths out of sight.’
‘The bergs, driven towards the lake outlet by katabatic winds, become stranded as they move into shallower waters.’
‘Eventually the berg struck the glacier with only a glancing blow, nevertheless breaking off enough of the ice tongue that maps of the region needed redrawing.’

/bərɡ/

Translate berg into Spanish

1South African A mountain or hill.
mountain, hill, height, alp, aiguille, serac, puy, crag, tor, inselberg
1. 1.1the BergThe Drakensberg mountain range.