Definitions for pomfrets

pomfrets pom·fret

Spelling: [pom-frit, puhm-]
IPA: /ˈpɒm frɪt, ˈpʌm-/

Pomfrets is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 399 anagrams from letters in pomfrets (efmoprst).

Definitions for pomfrets

noun

  1. any of several scombroid fishes of the family Bramidae, found in the North Atlantic and Pacific.
  2. any of several East Indian stromateid fishes, especially Stromateoides argenteus, valued as food.

Origin of pomfrets

1720-30; earlier pamplee, pamflet, pomphlet; compare French pample, Portuguese pampo

Examples for pomfrets

On August 3rd she left Skipton, arriving at pomfret on the 5th.

"I fear that time is a long way off, Mrs. pomfret," she replied.

But Mrs. pomfret did not give the signal for her coachman to drive on.

"You're so magnificently sure of yourself," cried Mrs. pomfret.

And are you going to help Mr. Crewe in his campaign, Mrs. pomfret?

His mother was one of them white-livered Lulls, from pomfret.

As one of the chiefest of these, Mrs. pomfret was entitled to high consideration.

His grandfather, Nathaniel, was one of the earliest settlers of pomfret, in 1704.

Mrs. pomfret did not wish to see Victoria make a mesalliance.

But pomfret was impossible, and vexation thickened on vexation.

Word Value for pomfrets
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