<B>iceberg, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large mass of ice floating in the sea; a detached portion of a glacier carried out to sea; berg. About 90 per cent of its mass is below the surface of the water. <BR> <I>Ex. icebergs and field ice in the treacherous fog-laden Grand Banks (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a cold, unemotional person. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) anything that is only partly visible or known. <BR> <I>Ex. Information which had been missed earlier remained to be discovered, though we cannot measure this "iceberg" (New Scientist).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>the tip of the iceberg,</B> </I>a small or superficial part of something; that which appears only on the surface. <BR> <I>Ex. The news article reported only the tip of the iceberg. Hidden is a serious situation for engineers in the United States and Great Britain (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="iceberglettuce">
<B>iceberg lettuce,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a crisp kind of lettuce growing in tight, round heads. </DL>
<A NAME="iceblink">
<B>iceblink, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a luminous appearance near the horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice; blink. </DL>
<A NAME="iceboat">
<B>iceboat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a triangular frame on runners, fitted with sails or an engine for sailing on ice at great speed. One runner, for steering, is attached to the front or rear of the body, and the other two are at the ends of a crosspiece. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=icebreaker </B>(def. 1). </DL>
<A NAME="iceboater">
<B>iceboater, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who engages in iceboating. </DL>
<A NAME="iceboating">
<B>iceboating, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the sport of racing or sailing an iceboat. <BR> <I>Ex. Iceboating is the fastest of all winter sports (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icebound">
<B>icebound, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>held fast by ice; frozen in. <BR> <I>Ex. The whole expedition was icebound (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>shut in or obstructed by ice. <BR> <I>Ex. The ship could not make its way into the icebound harbor.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icebox">
<B>icebox, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=refrigerator.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>an insulated box in which to keep food cooled with ice. <BR> <I>Ex. Put the meat and salad in the icebox (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icebreaker">
<B>icebreaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a strong boat used to break a channel through ice; iceboat. <BR> <I>Ex. An atomic-powered icebreaker [makes] possible much broader explorations of polar regions (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a structure for protection against moving ice, such as an ice apron. <BR> <I>Ex. The supporting columns ... had to be designed to work as icebreakers (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a tool or machine for breaking ice into small pieces. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) something that breaks the ice; anything that serves to stimulate or enliven conversation, a social gathering, or other meeting or discussion. <BR> <I>Ex. Salesmen use an icebreaker in the form of a large lapel button (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icebreaking">
<B>ice-breaking, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Figurative.) <DD><I>noun </I> the practice of stimulating or enlivening conversation, a social gathering, or other meeting or discussion between persons or groups. <DD><I>adj. </I> that serves to stimulate or enliven conversation, a social gathering, or other meeting or discussion. <BR> <I>Ex. that ice-breaking first hello.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icecap">
<B>icecap, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a permanent covering of ice and snow over an area, sloping down on all sides from a high center. <BR> <I>Ex. And reports ... show that the Antarctic icecap is up to 10,000 feet thick (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a glacier, usually one covering a large area, that flows in all directions from its center. <DD><B> 3. </B>an ice bag for the head. </DL>
<A NAME="icecapades">
<B>ice-capades, </B>noun pl. <B>=ice show.</B></DL>
<A NAME="icecave">
<B>ice cave,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cave that has an accumulation of ice inside it throughout the year. The ice forms when the temperature drops, freezing any water that seeps into the cave. </DL>
<A NAME="icechest">
<B>ice chest,</B> <B>=icebox.</B></DL>
<A NAME="icecold">
<B>ice-cold, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> cold as ice. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) in the ice-cold criminal line (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icecream">
<B>ice cream,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a frozen dessert made of cream or custard, sweetened and flavored. </DL>
<B>ice-cream cone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a wafer shaped into a cone to hold a portion of ice cream. <DD><B> 2. </B>the cone with ice cream in it. </DL>
<A NAME="icecreamparlor">
<B>ice-cream parlor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a shop which specializes in serving ice cream. </DL>
<A NAME="icecreamsandwich">
<B>ice-cream sandwich,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a layer of ice cream sandwiched between two wafers. </DL>
<A NAME="icecrystal">
<B>ice crystal,</B> <B>=ice needle.</B></DL>
<A NAME="icecube">
<B>ice cube,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, square piece of ice made in an ice tray or ice machine and used for keeping drinks cool. </DL>
<A NAME="iced">
<B>iced, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>cooled with ice. <BR> <I>Ex. iced tea.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>covered with ice. <BR> <I>Ex. an iced stream.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>covered with icing. <BR> <I>Ex. an iced cake.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icedancing">
<B>ice dancing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the act or art of dancing on ice skates, which combines the movements of ice skating with ballet. <BR> <I>Ex. A gesture or a pause became as important as the most spectacular jumps and spins. No, you've never seen anything like ice dancing before (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icefall">
<B>ice fall,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mass of glacial ice occurring on a steep grade. <BR> <I>Ex. Foot over foot ... the rugged Himalayan porters ... drive up a jagged ice fall of 3,000 feet (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icefield">
<B>ice field,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large sheet of ice floating in the sea. <DD><B> 2. </B>a large sheet of ice on land. </DL>
<A NAME="icefish">
<B>icefish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a group of translucent fishes of the South Atlantic. <BR> <I>Ex. One curious family of this order, the icefishes, includes species that have no circulating red blood (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small translucent fish of the rivers of Japan and China. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=capelin.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="icefisherman">
<B>ice fisherman,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who engages in ice fishing. </DL>
<A NAME="icefishing">
<B>ice fishing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> fishing in winter through holes made in the ice. </DL>
<A NAME="icefloe">
<B>ice floe,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large sheet of floating ice. </DL>
<A NAME="iceflow">
<B>iceflow, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the flow of ice within a glacier. <BR> <I>Ex. boreholes deformed by iceflow (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icefog">
<B>ice-fog, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fog of ice crystals formed during extremely low temperatures, especially in the Arctic. </DL>
<A NAME="icefoot">
<B>ice foot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a belt or wall of ice extending along the coast in arctic regions. </DL>
<A NAME="icehockey">
<B>ice hockey,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the game of hockey played on ice, composed of six players on a side who try to drive the rubber puck into the opposing team's goal. </DL>
<A NAME="icehouse">
<B>icehouse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a building where ice is stored and kept from melting. </DL>
<A NAME="icehouse">
<B>ice house,</B> <B>=ice shanty.</B></DL>
<A NAME="iceisland">
<B>ice island,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of very large, irregular bodies of ice floating in the Arctic Ocean, sometimes up to 200 square miles in area and 200 feet in thickness, that have broken off from shelf ice during seasons of relatively warm weather. </DL>
<A NAME="icejam">
<B>ice jam,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a mass of broken ice obstructing a river. <BR> <I>Ex. A cofferdam collapsed under the weight of an ice jam (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a mass of broken ice piled onto the shore of a lake by the wind. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) anything that feels like a mass of ice. <BR> <I>Ex. The ice jam within him breaks, and he begins to uncontrollably mourn (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="icel">
<B>Icel.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Icelandic. </DL>
<A NAME="icelanddisease">
<B>Iceland disease,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an epidemic disease first identified in Akureyri, Iceland, in 1948, marked by inflammation of the tissues of the central nervous system, muscular weakness, and partial paralysis. It is thought to be caused by a virus. </DL>
<A NAME="icelander">
<B>Icelander, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person born or living in Iceland, a large island republic in the North Atlantic. </DL>
<A NAME="icelandic">
<B>Icelandic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Iceland, its people, or their language. <DD><I>noun </I> the Scandinavian language of Iceland. </DL>
<A NAME="icelandmoss">
<B>Iceland moss,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a lichen of north temperate and arctic regions, used to make a jelly or powder which is added to bread and other foods. It is also used as a laxative and for other medicinal purposes, and in dyeing and papermaking. </DL>
<A NAME="icelandpoppy">
<B>Iceland poppy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a poppy native to northern regions of the globe, of which several cultivated varieties exist; arctic poppy. </DL>
<A NAME="icelandspar">
<B>Iceland spar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, a transparent variety of calcite, used extensively for optical purposes. </DL>
<A NAME="iceless">
<B>iceless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>free from ice. <DD><B> 2. </B>requiring no ice. </DL>
<A NAME="icelolly">
<B>ice-lolly, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lollies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a molded fruit-flavored ice on a stick. </DL>
<A NAME="icemachine">
<B>ice machine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a machine for making ice, usually automatically and in the form of small cubes. </DL>
<A NAME="iceman">
<B>iceman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a man who sells, delivers, or handles ice. <DD><B> 2. </B>a man skilled in traveling over ice. <DD><B> 3. </B>a man in charge of the ice on a rink. </DL>
