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Bream

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Noun

1. bream, freshwater bream

flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe

2. bream, sea bream

flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae

3. bream, sea bream

any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae

4. bream, freshwater bream

any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis

Verb

5. bream

clean (a ship's bottom) with heat

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bream

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nounWord forms: 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.  white bream
3.  short for sea bream
4. Australian
any of various marine fishes
verb
nautical
(formerly) to clean debris from (the bottom of a vessel) by heating to soften the pitch
noun
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Bream

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nounWord forms: plural bream or breams
1. 
a European freshwater cyprinoid fish (Abramis brama)
2. 
any of various porgy fishes (family Sparidae)
3.  US
any of a number of freshwater sunfishes, as the bluegill
verb transitive
Obsolete
to clean (a ship's bottom) by applying heat and then scraping

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bream

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n. pl. bream or breams
1. Any of various freshwater cyprinid fishes, especially Abramis brama of Eurasia, having a compressed silvery body.
2. A similar fish, especially:
a. Any of various marine fishes of the family Sparidae, such as a porgy or a sea bream.
b. Any of various freshwater sunfishes of the family Centrarchidae, such as the bluegill.
tr.v. breamed, bream·ing, breams
Nautical
To clean (a wooden ship's hull) by applying heat to soften the pitch and then scraping.

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