punnet

[ puhn-it ]
/ ˈpʌn ɪt /

noun British, Australian.

a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.

Origin of punnet

First recorded in 1815–25; origin obscure

Words nearby punnet

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

Example sentences 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