Definition of pomfret Pomfret

pomβ€’fret

We found 8 definitions of pomfret from 6 different sources.

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What does pomfret mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: pomfrets

pomfret - deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food
  Brama raii
  sea bream, bream any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • pomfret (Noun)
    A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary πŸ“˜

  • pomfret (n.)
    One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (S. niger, S. argenteus) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
  • pomfret (n.)
    A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book β›΅

  • pomfret
    A delicate sea-fish, taken in great quantities in Bombay and Madras.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer πŸ’₯

  • pomfret
    See PONTEFRACT.
  • pomfret
    A town of England, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, near the river Aire, and 21 miles southwest from York. Its castle, which was finished in 1080, was taken after three successive and desperate sieges, by the Parliamentary army, and demolished by order of the Parliament.

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