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s | bream |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun bream is

a european fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus abramis , little valued as food several species are known.

As a verb bream is

(nautical) to clean (eg a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc) by the application of fire and scraping.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    bream

    English

    (wikipedia bream)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) braisme (compare French (compare Dutch brasem).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis , little valued as food. Several species are known.
  • (British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama .
  • An American fresh-water fish, of various species of and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
  • A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus , and allied genera. See sea bream.
    • Synonyms
    * (Abramis brama) carp bream
    Derived terms
    * silver bream * white bream

    Anagrams

    *

    Etymology 2

    Compare (broom), and (etyl) brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen ).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.