noun.
A small basket or receptacle for collecting and sellingfruit, particularly strawberries.
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noun.
a small light basket used as a measure for fruits
Word Usage
"Thwarted in its 73-year fantasy of watching a Briton in the men's singles final at Wimbledon, a nation of once-a-year tennis dreamers puts down its punnet of strawberries."