sea bream

noun

: bream sense 2a

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This sweet treat is modeled after red sea bream, which is a good luck symbol in Japan. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025 Starters include beef or sea bream carpaccio, while pasta includes linguine alla vongole and taglioni al granchio (crab meat, garlic, chili, white wine). — Connie Ogle may 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026 The seasonal menu includes dishes like sea bream with lentil dahl, spinach and onion salad; confit duck leg with puy lentils, black pudding and apple or pork belly, with cannellini beans, chorizo and saffron aioli. — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 There’s strawberry salsa and sumac with the crudo ($24), a tomatillo vinaigrette with the sea bream ($39) and gochujang broth with the mussels ($27). — Restaurant Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sea bream

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1530, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sea bream was circa 1530

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“Sea bream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20bream. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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