Bream Definition

brēm, brĭm
breams
noun
breams
A European freshwater cyprinoid fish (Abramis brama)
Webster's New World
Any of various porgy fishes (family Sparidae)
Webster's New World
Any of a number of freshwater sunfishes, as the bluegill.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
breams
To clean (a ship's bottom) by applying heat and then scraping.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Bream

Noun

Singular:
bream
Plural:
breams

Origin of Bream

  • From Old French braisme (compare French brème), from Frankish *brahsima (compare Dutch brasem).

    From Wiktionary

  • Compare broom, and German brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English breme from Old French of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle Dutch brem(e) furze, broom

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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