Bream (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural (especially collectively) bream, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) breams.
  1. any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
  2. any of various related and similar fishes.
  3. any of several porgies, as the sea bream, Archosargus rhomboidalis.
  4. any of several freshwater sunfishes of the genus Lepomis.
verb (used with object) Nautical.
  1. to clean (a ship's bottom) by applying burning furze, reeds, etc., to soften the pitch and loosen adherent matter.
noun
  1. English guitarist and lutenist.
noun plural bream or brim
  1. any of several Eurasian freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus Abramis, esp A. brama, having a deep compressed body covered with silvery scales
  2. a similar cyprinid, Blicca bjoerkna
  3. short for sea bream
  4. any of various marine fishes
verb
  1. (formerly) to clean debris from (the bottom of a vessel) by heating to soften the pitch
noun
  1. Julian (Alexander). born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist
Bream (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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