noun
bream
breem
noun
1
A freshwater or marine fish with a flattened, silvery body, popular with anglers.
"He caught a decent-sized bream near the reeds."
How to Use Bream
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA common flat, silvery fish found in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters.
Word Forms
breamed past tense, bream plural, breams plural, Breams plural, breams singular
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Etymology
From Old French bresme, tracing back through Frankish to a Germanic word possibly meaning "shining" or "glittery," describing the fish's silvery scales.