punnet

[ puhn-it ]

nounBritish, Australian.

a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.

Origin of punnet

First recorded in 1815–25; origin obscure

Words Nearby punnet

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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

Origin of punnet

C19: perhaps diminutive of dialect pun pound ²

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