Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bream

4 senses of bream

Sense 1
bream, freshwater bream -- (flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe)
       => freshwater fish -- (flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)

Sense 2
bream, sea bream -- (flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae)
       => saltwater fish -- (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Sense 3
sea bream, bream -- (any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae)
       => percoid fish, percoid, percoidean -- (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Sense 4
freshwater bream, bream -- (any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis)
       => sunfish, centrarchid -- (small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bream

1 sense of bream

Sense 1
bream -- (clean (a ship's bottom) with heat)
       => clean, make clean -- (make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth")