earthberg
English
Alternative forms
- earth-berg
Etymology
In some senses, a blend of earth + iceberg; in other senses from earth + berg.
Noun
earthberg (plural earthbergs)
- (fantasy) A mass suspended or floating in water, similar to an iceberg, but consisting of earth (dirt, soil, etc.).
- 2008, Jennifer Clark Wilkes, Wizards Presents Worlds and Monsters, page 16:
- The landscape of the Elemental Chaos is broken up by rivers of lightning, seas of fire, floating earthbergs, ice mountains, and other fantastic terrain features.
- 2010, Bruce R. Cordell, Lady of Poison: The Priests:
- Marrec mentally labeled the floating islands 'earthbergs.' He saw a few perfect cubes, each face a mirror, tumbling through the darkness.
- 2019, Mike Pritchard, A Player's Guide to Strinrath, page 26:
- All land is floating islands, like icebergs of earth, or “earthbergs,” honeycombed with caves.
- (rare) A mountain or large mound of earth.
- 2008, Elizabeth Bear, All the Windwracked Stars:
- Unsurprising, given that he'd spent most of his life in the Well, sheltered by the very earth-berg he now rose beside, hoisted on creaking cables.
Related terms
- barrow
- berg