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BERG

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

Synonyms:

berg; iceberg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("berg" is a kind of...):

floater (an object that floats or is capable of floating)

ice mass (a large mass of ice)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "berg"):

growler (a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935)

Synonyms:

Alban Berg; Berg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

composer (someone who composes music as a profession)

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