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BERG
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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:
Instance hypernyms:
composer (someone who composes music as a profession)
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