punnet
noun/ˈpʌnɪt/
/ˈpʌnɪt/
(British English)- a small box or basket that soft fruit is often sold in
- a punnet of strawberries
Word Originearly 19th cent.: perhaps a diminutive of dialect pun ‘a pound’.Want to learn more?
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