bream

bream has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
• n.. An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish.
• n.. A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.
• v. t.. To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.
• n.. any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
• n.. any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
• n.. flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
• n.. flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
• v.. clean (a ship's bottom) with heat