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# punnet

«punnet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small square basket or box, often of plastic or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a punnet, punnets)

### meaning for a pupil

A punnet is a small square basket or box, often of plastic or cardboard, in which soft fruit such as strawberries or raspberries is sold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punnet/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A word used in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; in the USA people say «a basket» or «a carton». In everyday life: a punnet of strawberries at the market. In maths problems: «a punnet holds 12 strawberries; how many in 3 punnets?» — multiply. Phrases: a punnet of strawberries, a punnet of cherry tomatoes.

### examples

- We bought two punnets of strawberries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punnet/#x1)
- A punnet of raspberries costs £2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punnet/#x2)
- The punnet was full of juicy blueberries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punnet/#x3)
- Each punnet holds 15 cherry tomatoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punnet/#x4)
- Gran picked a punnet of berries from the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punnet/#x5)
- Don't squash the punnet in the shopping bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punnet/#x6)

### note

Countable: a punnet, punnets. Spelled with double n. Not a common word in American English. In maths, the punnet is a group: number in each punnet × number of punnets = total.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «punnet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punnet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.