punnet

[ puhn-it ]

/ ˈpʌn ɪt /

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noun British, Australian.

a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.

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Origin of punnet

First recorded in 1815–25; origin obscure

Words nearby punnet

punkie, punkin, punk rock, punky, punner, punnet, punny, punster, punt, Punta Arenas, Puntarenas

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How to use punnet in a sentence

Forty or fifty years ago a punnet or two of the attractive vivid scarlet fruit might be seen in season at Covent Garden Market.
The Khedive's Country|George Manville Fenn
Prime fruit ought to be scarce and dear, picked careful, and kept in the punnet.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, July 25, 1891|Various
He had, it appeared, talked to Lady Punnet about private theatricals!
Kipps|H. G. Wells
Your gardener said to me this morning: 'I'll pick a "punnet" of strawberries to-day.'
His Lordship's Leopard|David Dwight Wells

Incidentally he alluded quite familiarly to men with military titles, and once even to someone with a title, a Lady Punnet.
Kipps|H. G. Wells

British Dictionary definitions for punnet

punnet

/ (ˈpʌnɪt) /

noun

mainly British a small basket for fruit, such as strawberries

Word Origin for punnet

C19: perhaps diminutive of dialect pun pound ²

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