plural bream or breams
Definition of bream
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: a bronze-colored European freshwater cyprinid fish (Abramis brama)
broadly
: any of various related fishes
2a
: any of various marine fish (family Sparidae) related to the porgy
— called also sea bream
bream
verb
breamed; breaming; breams
Definition of bream (Entry 2 of 2)
: to clean (a ship's bottom) by heating and scraping
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The first known use of bream was in the 14th century
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