'iceberg' is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to refer to a large piece of ice floating in the sea, especially one which has broken off from a glacier. For example, "The ship sailed too close to the iceberg and began to sink."
James added that 9/11 was "just the tip of the iceberg … but how do you break this stranglehold on humanity?
Sherborne said: "It is abundantly clear that the documentary evidence before the court is only likely to reveal a tiny proportion of the total wrongdoing committed by MGN as against each of the claimants – merely the very tip of the proverbial iceberg".
Mr Bacon said: "It looks as if the problems with the Department for Work and Pensions were just the tip of the iceberg.
Figures from the Safer London Foundation reveal that more than 500 young women were victims of gang-related sexual violence in the past year, a figure Hubberstey describes as just the "tip of the iceberg".
"Police tell me that they see that as the tip of the iceberg.
He said senior MGN journalists gave "deliberately crafted and disingenuous statements" to the Leveson inquiry into press ethics, and accused MGN of withholding key evidence that meant that only the "very tip of the proverbial iceberg" could be revealed.
Amid the euphoria of the royal and presidential visits, she reminded the panel and the audience that there still lurks the tip of an iceberg with the world "default" written on it.
BS: "What people see of policemen is not even the tip of the iceberg.
Recently, Rose's response to those parting words – "A very nice Cobb salad, which we're going to enjoy in the garden, lubricated by a well-chilled bottle of picpoul and followed by a nap" – led me to change my mind about a dish I had always thought of as just one of those big American salads with wedges of iceberg and a creamy dressing.
Like an iceberg, the bulk of a marriage is hidden from view, but the top bit, the bit that you take out to parties and show off, should appear exemplary to outsiders: charming without being cloying; happy without being giddy; entertainingly spiky, but also mutually respectful.
Lettuce – the soft sort rather than crispy iceberg – seems to be the one constant in summer rolls, and the leaves are usually used whole as a layer in themselves, although Brissenden calls for them to be shredded before use, which I think gives the rolls a better texture.
