noun
definition
A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
definition
Several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus.
Examples of pomfret in a Sentence
His first wife died in June 1743 at Aschaffenburg, and in April 1744 he married Lady Sophia Fermor, daughter of Lord Pomfret - a fashionable beauty and "reigning toast" of London society, who was younger than his daughters.
There are extensive gardens and nurseries in the neighbourhood of Pontefract, and liquorice is largely grown for the manufacture of the celebrated Pomfret cakes.
In 1804 the manufacture of cotton was begun at Vernon, Hartford county; mills at Pomfret and Jewett City were established in 1806 and 1810 respectively.
Next I had the whole de-boned pomfret stuffed with a red masala and vegetable Biryani.