any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
any of various related and similar fishes.
any of several porgies, as the sea bream, Archosargus rhomboidalis.
any of several freshwater sunfishes of the genus Lepomis.
any of several Eurasian freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus Abramis , esp A. brama , having a deep compressed body covered with silvery scales
a similar cyprinid, Blicca bjoerkna
short for sea bream
any of various marine fishes
1350–1400; Middle English breme < Anglo-French; Old French bresme, braisme < Old Low Franconian *brahsima; compare Old High German brahsema, Dutch brasem
1620–30; < Middle Dutch brem ( e ) furze
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He then held up a large sea bream as a symbol of good luck and celebration.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
The sea bass and bream are always tasty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The main course, a whole fried sea bream, served with a ginger fish sauce caramel, peanuts, herbs, lemon, and wild pepper leaves to delicately wrap each fried morsel, truly blew me away.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2025
Because all the conventional problems of filmmaking — like flubbed lines and imperfect framing — exist alongside the possibility of dropping a perfectly cooked sea bream, a dish was waiting if another take was needed.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Guests could catch bream or tiger fish for dinner, if they liked.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
Winston's new owners, Lisa and Mark Bream, said it had been "heartwarming" to watch his progress, adding he had "brought so much love" to the family.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
On Friday, Alito spoke to Fox News’ Shannon Bream and blamed the situation on his wife.
From Slate ● May 17, 2024
“No,” Ms. Britt said on “Fox News Sunday” when the host, Shannon Bream, asked whether she had intended to suggest that.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
Habba told Fox News host Shannon Bream that "if this was a normal person... I could understand the concern" but Trump is "incredibly intelligent and he knows the ropes."
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2023
The name of the bride was Ruth, and the name of the bridegroom began,—as Captain Bream was fond of saying—with a Dee.
From The Young Trawler by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
After a minute marked by tense silence, two breams emerged from the hole.
From National Geographic ● Mar. 16, 2018
Since arriving in the Solomon Islands, we have found biofluorescence in lineages in which it never has been reported before, including breams and flatheads.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2012
The breams are so careful of their charge that you may stand close by in the water and examine them at your leisure.
From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David
In the night while calm, we fished with hook and line, and caught good store of fish viz., snappers, breams, old-wives, and dog-fish.
From Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier by Pinkerton, John
Immediately on coming to anchor we began to fish, and got abundance of that kind which the Portuguese call Pergosses, the French saders, and our men salt-water breams.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert
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