pomfret

[ pom-frit, puhm- ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) pom·fret, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) pom·frets.
  1. any of several scombroid fishes of the family Bramidae, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

  2. any of several East Indian stromateid fishes, especially Stromateoides argenteus, valued as food.

Origin of pomfret

1
First recorded in 1720–30; earlier pamplee, pamflet, pomphlet; compare French pample, Portuguese pampo

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British Dictionary definitions for pomfret (1 of 2)

pomfret1

pomfret-cake

/ (ˈpʌmfrɪt, ˈpɒm-) /


noun
  1. a small black rounded confection of liquorice: Also called: Pontefract cake

Origin of pomfret

1
C19: from Pomfret, earlier form of Pontefract, where the cake was originally made

British Dictionary definitions for pomfret (2 of 2)

pomfret2

/ (ˈpɒmfrɪt) /


noun
  1. any of various fishes of the genus Stromateidae of the Indian and Pacific oceans: valued as food fishes

  2. any of various scombroid fishes, esp Brama raii, of northern oceans: valued as food fishes

Origin of pomfret

2
C18: perhaps from a diminutive form of Portuguese pampo

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