bream
pronunciation
How to pronounce bream in British English:
UK [bri:m]
How to pronounce bream in American English:
US [brim]
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- Noun:
- flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
- flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
- any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
- any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
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- Verb:
- clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
Word Origin
- bream (n.)
- freshwater fish, late 14c., from Old French braisme "bream," from Frankish *brahsima, from West Germanic *brahsm- (compare Old High German brahsima), perhaps from Proto-Germanic base *brehwan "to shine, glitter, sparkle," from PIE *bherek- (see braid (v.)).
Example
- 1. Pan seared sea bream fillet and sesame crusted scallop with green apple pure .
- 2. A lot of bream are found in quiet lowland lakes and rivers in northern europe .
- 3. Kyotango authorities said kimura recently used walker to walk , 19 am after he used to enjoy the birthday of the red beans with rice and salt baked sea bream .
- 4. The bottle comes with a hopeful collection of recipes , many of which seem to infer that coffee and seafood are natural bedfellows : shrimps in a mint coffee sauce and sea bream with vinaigrette and coffee oil , for instance .
- 5. Did you know that black sea bream originate as males ?