bergy

bergy
 adj.— «“Most of the bergs’ ice is underwater, and they sometimes capsize or calve, so you have to be careful,” he cautions as we paddle near a “bergy bit,” the term for a house-size formation.» —“Of Ice & Men” by Jeff Book Coastal Living June 20, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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