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
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
This 56,000-acre lake, which is home to striped and hybrid bass, largemouth, crappie, bream, and catfish, is especially good for fishing.
—Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2024
The 696-acre site is situated around a 26-acre lake that’s a popular spot for bream, bass, crappie, and catfishing.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 July 2024
Created in the 1960s with the construction of Millwood Dam along the Little River, Millwood Lake is paradise for anglers filled with largemouth, white striped, spotted and Florida bass, as well as other species, including bluegill and bream.
—Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 21 July 2024
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Get Out On The Water Bring your pole and try your hand at catching bass, speckled perch, and bream on 300-acre Lake Wauburg.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
This 56,000-acre lake, which is home to striped and hybrid bass, largemouth, crappie, bream, and catfish, is especially good for fishing.
—Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2024
The 696-acre site is situated around a 26-acre lake that’s a popular spot for bream, bass, crappie, and catfishing.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 July 2024
Created in the 1960s with the construction of Millwood Dam along the Little River, Millwood Lake is paradise for anglers filled with largemouth, white striped, spotted and Florida bass, as well as other species, including bluegill and bream.
—Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 21 July 2024
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“Bream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bream. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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