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punnet

(ˈpʌnɪt)

(Cookery) chiefly Brit a small basket for fruit, such as strawberries

[C19: perhaps diminutive of dialect pun pound²]

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Noun

punnet - a small light basket used as a measure for fruits

basket, handbasket - a container that is usually woven and has handles

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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cestello

punnet

[ˈpʌnɪt] N (Brit) → canastilla f

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punnet

[ˈpʌnɪt] (British) n (= container) → barquette f

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punnet

n (Brit) → Körbchen nt

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punnet

[ˈpʌnɪt] n → cestello
a punnet of strawberries → un cestino di fragole

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Her hat, which was flowery, resembled those punnets, covered with flannel, which we sowed with mustard and cress in our childhood, and which germinated here yes, and there no.

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Disappeared very quickly, despite being one of the largest punnets. Verdict: Good value for the price 9/10 Market St Strawberries (350g) PS2, Morrisons GOOD evenly sized fruits but some looked a little anaemic and under-ripe.

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Disappeared very quickly, despite being one of the largest punnets. Verdict: Good value for the price Market St Strawberries (350g) PS2, MORRISONS GOOD evenly sized fruits but some looked a little anaemic and under-ripe.

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Disappeared very quickly, despite being one of the largest punnets. Verdict: Good value for the price 9/10 Deluxe British Strawberries (250g) PS1.89, LIDL WE were worried they might be tasteless, as they were extra large and we got just a handful in our punnet.

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The trial will involve a range of plastic-free solutions, including paper bags with a tracing paper window, cotton and cellulose nets, and compostable punnets.

Costco's rival The Food Warehouse has launched 'plastic free' trial; Customer can expect to see paper bags, elastic bands and more being used across the store

Police in New South Wales state have confirmed on Tuesday that needles had been found in more than 20 strawberry punnets, and there were reports that a banana and apple also had needles in them.

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So we got the Mirror's Cash Queens Ruki Sayid and Tricia Phillips to head out to the aisles and try out the punnets on offer from all the major supermarkets.

Supermarket strawberries rated - we review the best punnets on the shelves at the UK's biggest supermarkets; We sort the cream of the crop from this year's supermarket strawberry selection - but which punnet managed a perfect score and which rates 0 our of ten?

Tesco and Aldi have both announced the first glasshouse-grown punnets of the fruit are arriving in stores in south Wales.