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BNC: 10985 COCA: 26623

bream

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bream /ˈbrɪm/ /ˈbriːm/ noun
plural bream
bream
/ˈbrɪm/ /ˈbriːm/
noun
plural bream
Learner's definition of BREAM
[count, noncount]
: a kind of fish that people catch for food欧鳊;海鲷
BNC: 10985 COCA: 26623

bream

1 of 2

noun

plural bream or breams
1
: a bronze-colored European freshwater cyprinid fish (Abramis brama)
broadly : any of various related fishes
2
a
: any of various marine fish (family Sparidae) related to the porgy

called also sea bream

b
: any of various freshwater sunfishes (Lepomis and related genera)
especially : bluegill

bream

2 of 2

verb

breamed; breaming; breams

transitive verb

: to clean (a ship's bottom) by heating and scraping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The lake has been restocked with black bass, bluegill, redear bream, and fathead minnows, according to the listing. Gabriel Romero, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022 All three are plentiful throughout much of the country, but bluegill are often called bream in the South. Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 For over three hours we were served more than a dozen courses, including the platonic ideal of chorizo, sardines, prawns, razor clams, goose barnacles and a whole red bream. Jason Wilson, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2022 The Inner Passage winds through the Combahee River, a small blackwater tributary that is good for bream fishing. Imani Perry, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022 In this corner of Portugal, bass, bream, octopi, and delectable goose-neck barnacles thrive in the highly oxygenated intertidal zone where whitewater waves crash against the rocks. Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2022 Archeologists also found animal remains that attest to the rich diet that the emperors and their acolytes would have enjoyed – oyster shells, sea urchins, and the bones of fish like tuna and bream, as well as mammals such as wild boar and cattle. Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2021 Red bream is plated under a white truffle ponzu jelly; Scottish langoustine is dusted under English Bergamot. Brad Japhe, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021 The tasty bream typically are on the beds on the weeks of full and new moon in May, June and July across much of Alabama. Frank Sargeant, al, 2 June 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English breme, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German brahsima bream, Middle High German brehen to shine

Verb

probably from Dutch brem furze; from the use of burning furze in the cleaning

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1626, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bream was in the 14th century
BNC: 10985 COCA: 26623

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