punnet Definition
pun·net (pun′ət)
noun
Brit. a small, shallow basket, as for fruits or vegetables
punnet Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- strawberry: Pull over to the side of the road to pick up tightly wrapped bundles of tender asparagus or punnets of sweet juicy strawberries.
- raspberry: Gordon handed the last punnet of raspberries to Jo.
- peach: There's no such thing as a " free " punnet of peaches.
- plum: Sad tho it clearly is, the most disturbing site was some guy with a large punnet of plums for a face.
Converse of object
sell: Sainsbury's sells 40 million punnets of strawberries per year.
Adjective modifier
- small: There is 100 times more folate in a small punnet of strawberries than there is in one apple.
- plastic: Good examples are fruit and vegetables in plastic punnets, meat or fish in plastic trays and plastic carrier bags.
- large: Sad tho it clearly is, the most disturbing site was some guy with a large punnet of plums for a face.
Noun used with modifier

