[ˈpʌnɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small light basket or other container for fruit or vegetables
(e.g: a punnet of strawberries)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century: perhaps a diminutive of dialect pun ‘a pound’; it is sometimes associated with a man of the surname Punnett, said to have been a strawberry grower who invented the basket, but no contemporary evidence has been found