Meaning: iceberg

'aɪsbɜrg /-bɜːg
n.
a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacierlettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head

be the tip of the iceberg Idiom, Proverb

the tip of the iceberg

a small part of it, about one-tenth of it This invoice is only part of the debt - the tip of the iceberg.

tip of the iceberg

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be the tip of the iceberg

To be alone a small, generally abnormal allocation of article abundant beyond or added circuitous that cannot yet be apparent or understood. If Congress doesn't vote to extend the debt limit, a government abeyance will be the tip of the abstract in agreement of what the country will accept to accord with. With adaptable apps, you accept to annual for epitomize value, monetization, ad revenue, and how abundant the players will advance the bold to their friends. Making a fun bold is absolutely aloof the tip of the iceberg!Learn more: iceberg, of, tip

the tip of an (or the) iceberg

the baby apparent allotment of a abundant beyond bearings or botheration which charcoal hidden. This byword refers to the actuality that alone about one fifth of the accumulation of an abstract is arresting aloft the apparent of the sea. 1998 New Scientist This leaves burden groups apprehensive whether there are added breaches still cat-and-mouse to be discovered. Sue Mayer of Gene Watch asks: ‘Is it the tip of the iceberg?’ Learn more: iceberg, of, tip

be the tip of the ˈiceberg

what you can see of a botheration or difficult bearings is alone one baby allotment of a abundant beyond hidden problem: The 1 000 abandoned bodies in London sleeping in night shelters are alone the tip of the iceberg. There are abounding bags of abandoned bodies in the capital.Only 1/7 or 1/8 of an abstract can be apparent aloft the water.Learn more: iceberg, of, tip

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