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bream

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bream / brim; brēm/ • n. (pl. same) a greenish-bronze deep-bodied freshwater fish (Abramis brama) of the minnow family, native to Europe and popular with anglers. ∎ used in names of other fishes resembling or related to this, e.g., sea bream. bream² / brēm/ • v. [tr.] archaic Naut. clear (a ship or its bottom) of weeds, shells, or other accumulated matter by burning and scraping it.

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bream

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

bream Freshwater fish of e and n Europe. Its stocky body is green-brown and silver, and anglers prize it for its tasty flesh. Length: 30–50cm (12–20in); weight: 4–6kg (9–13lb). Family Cyprinidae; species Abramis brama.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

bream fresh-water fish of genus Abramis. XIV. — OF. bre(s)me (mod. brème) — WGmc. *breχsman- beside *braχsman- (OS. bressemo, OHG. brahsema (G. brachsen, brassen)).

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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

bream White fish, Abramis brama (N. American bluegill bream is Leponis macrochinus).

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

bream see sunfish .

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bream •abeam, agleam, beam, blaspheme, bream, cream, deem, deme, downstream, dream, esteem, extreme, gleam, hakim, kilim, meme, midstream, Nîmes, ream, régime, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, stream, supreme, team, teem, theme, upstream •cross-beam • hornbeam • moonbeam •sunbeam • academe • morpheme •phoneme • jet stream • airstream •daydream • mainstream • Brylcreem •millstream • slipstream •bloodstream • monotreme •buttercream • raceme • septime •centime

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