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.

pomfret

¹

/ ˈpɒm-; ˈpʌmfrɪt /

noun

1. a small black rounded confection of liquorice Also calledPontefract cake

pomfret

²

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pomfret¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pomfret¹

C19: from Pomfret, earlier form of Pontefract , where the cake was originally made

Origin of pomfret²

C18: perhaps from a diminutive form of Portuguese pampo

Example Sentences

Personal finance expert Laura Pomfret said the economic landscape between older generations and millennials and Gen Z’s is vastly different.

From BBC

On that back road in Vermont, the increase in foliage season traffic during the last several years has been spurred “by extraordinary tourism interest in private properties” and caused “significant safety, environmental, aesthetic, and quality of life issues,” the Select Board of Pomfret, a town of just over 900, wrote in a message to the community.

From Seattle Times

The normally quiet dirt road from Pomfret to Woodstock, home to the frequently photographed Sleepy Hollow Farm, will be open only to residents through mid-October.

From Seattle Times

Pomfret, meanwhile, is organizing a symposium for the conference’s opening day to develop a formal position statement on NRP and lay plans for national data collection on NRP cases and universal standards for recovering those organs, such as clamping techniques.

From Science Magazine

But Pomfret, who is president-elect of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, worries about “confusion that’s arisen around these questions of the permanence of death. … This whole conversation is sort of reeling out of control.”

From Science Magazine