BREAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bream mean? 

• BREAM (noun)
  The noun BREAM has 4 senses:

1. flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe

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

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

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

  Familiarity information: BREAM used as a noun is uncommon.

• BREAM (verb)
  The verb BREAM has 1 sense:

1. clean (a ship's bottom) with heat

  Familiarity information: BREAM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

bream; freshwater bream

Hypernyms ("bream" is a kind of...):

freshwater fish (flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)

Holonyms ("bream" is a part of...):

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

bream; sea bream

Hypernyms ("bream" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("bream" is a part of...):

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bream; sea bream

Hypernyms ("bream" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Meronyms (parts of "bream"):

bream; sea bream (flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bream"):

Brama raii; pomfret (deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food)

porgy (important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide)

European sea bream; Pagellus centrodontus (food fish of European coastal waters)

Archosargus rhomboidalis; Atlantic sea bream (sea bream of warm Atlantic waters)

black bream; Chrysophrys australis (important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia)

Holonyms ("bream" is a member of...):

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bream; freshwater bream

Hypernyms ("bream" is a kind of...):

centrarchid; sunfish (small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed)

Meronyms (parts of "bream"):

bream; freshwater bream (flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bream"):

Abramis brama; European bream (European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food)

bluegill; Lepomis macrochirus (important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States)

Lepomis punctatus; spotted sunfish; stumpknocker (inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish)

Holonyms ("bream" is a member of...):

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)

• BREAM (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clean (a ship's bottom) with heat

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bream" is one way to...):

clean; make clean (make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something