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The bergs, shaped like the long, narrow geometric blocks that descend in the game Tetris, rolled off the edge of the ice shelf and into the ocean to reveal their cross sections of blue glacial ice. Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2012 Though residents of the nearby bergs of Eden, Liberty and Huntsville were offered a chance to jump the season-pass line last spring, that offer won’t stand going forward. Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023 Since 1914, the patrol has monitored bergs in the North Atlantic and distributed the information to mariners. Brad Lendon, CNN, 23 June 2023 And, that’s before riding out onto the lake to check out the bergs. Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for berg 

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of berg was in 1818

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“Berg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/berg. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

berg

noun

Biographical Definition

Berg

biographical name

Alban 1885–1935 Austrian composer

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