punnet

[ puhn-it ]

/ ˈpʌn ɪt /

noun British, Australian.

a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.

Nearby words

punker, punkie, punkin, punky, punner, punnet, punny, punster, punt, punta arenas, punta gallinas

Origin of punnet

First recorded in 1815–25; origin obscure

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Examples from the Web for punnet

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
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
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
Your gardener said to me this morning: 'I'll pick a "punnet" of strawberries to-day.'
His Lordship's Leopard|David Dwight 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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Word Origin and History for punnet

punnet

"small, round chip basket," 1822, chiefly British, of obscure origin.