plural bream or breams
1
: a bronze-colored European freshwater cyprinid fish (Abramis brama)
broadly
: any of various related fishes
2
a
: any of various marine fish (family Sparidae) related to the porgy
called also sea bream
b
: any of various freshwater sunfishes (Lepomis and related genera)
especially
: bluegill
breamed; breaming; breams
: to clean (a ship's bottom) by heating and scraping
Examples of bream in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The inhabitants’ diet was also rich and varied, including boar, pike and bream, along with wheat and barley.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
A little later on, bream and bluegill also begin to spawn along shallow banks and in the backs of flat pockets.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
Try his Mediterranean red bream made with kabocha pumpkin and mussels marinières, with a Sturia (Osetra caviar) supplement for an additional €15.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2024
While some anglers swear by chicken thighs, baitfish like shad, herring, and bream, are more popular.
—Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
The air was thick with the sweet smell of spawning bream, and the creek bottom was pockmarked with bream beds.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
There may be 200 or 300 yards of shoreline that are less productive than two bookend bream beds.
—Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
There is already over 2 million pounds of fish caught and sold from Florida freshwater bodies such as catfish, tilapia and bream.
—Ed Killer, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2021
Noun
Look for large freshwater bream, small silvery common roach or perch with spiny dorsal fins.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The inhabitants’ diet was also rich and varied, including boar, pike and bream, along with wheat and barley.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
A little later on, bream and bluegill also begin to spawn along shallow banks and in the backs of flat pockets.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
Try his Mediterranean red bream made with kabocha pumpkin and mussels marinières, with a Sturia (Osetra caviar) supplement for an additional €15.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2024
While some anglers swear by chicken thighs, baitfish like shad, herring, and bream, are more popular.
—Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
The air was thick with the sweet smell of spawning bream, and the creek bottom was pockmarked with bream beds.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
There may be 200 or 300 yards of shoreline that are less productive than two bookend bream beds.
—Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
There is already over 2 million pounds of fish caught and sold from Florida freshwater bodies such as catfish, tilapia and bream.
—Ed Killer, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2021
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'bream.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near bream
Cite this Entry
“Bream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bream. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share