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punnetnoun
a small light basket used as a measure for fruits
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punnetnoun
A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.
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Punnet
A punnet is a small box or square basket for the gathering, transport and sale of fruit and vegetables, typically for small berries susceptible to bruising, spoiling and squashing that are therefore best kept in small rigid containers. Punnets serve also as a rough measure for a quantity of irregular sized fruits.
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punnet
A punnet is a small and light container or basket, often made of plastic or card, used for collecting or selling fruits and vegetables, especially berries.
Webster Dictionary
Punnetnoun
a broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers
Etymology: [Cf. Ir. buinne a shoot, branch.]
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Punnet
A punnet is a small container for the gathering and sale of fruit and vegetables, typically small berries. The word is largely confined to Commonwealth countries and is of uncertain origin, but is thought to be a diminutive of "pun", a British dialect word for pound, from the days in which such containers were used as a unit of measurement.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of punnet in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of punnet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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