How do you use Punnet in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like basket or handbasket, plus the exact meaning.
Punnet meaning
A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.
Synonyms of Punnet
Using Punnet
- The main meaning on this page is: A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.
- Useful related words include: basket, handbasket.
- In the example corpus, punnet often appears in combinations such as: punnet of.
Context around Punnet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Punnet
- In this selection, "punnet" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kilogram and irresistible stand out and add context to how "punnet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 5 kilogram punnet with raspberries and an irresistible punnet of starchy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "punnet" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with punnet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Just recently a friend got me into Quorn cocktail sausages and I can get through a punnet very quickly. (19 words)
Just know that I put exactly the same amount of effort into writing this review as Billy Corgan put into curling out this punnet of electropop cobblers. (27 words)
I took some of Lucy and Barry’s cod and chips and ate them slowly, with the paper open on my lap, an irresistible punnet of starchy entrapment. (28 words)
On a good day, you can fill a 1.5-kilogram punnet with raspberries, blackcurrants, boysenberries and youngberries in about half an hour, but add a few kidlets into the mix and it’ll keep everyone busy for much longer. (40 words)
I took some of Lucy and Barry’s cod and chips and ate them slowly, with the paper open on my lap, an irresistible punnet of starchy entrapment. (28 words)
Just know that I put exactly the same amount of effort into writing this review as Billy Corgan put into curling out this punnet of electropop cobblers. (27 words)
Example sentences (4)
On a good day, you can fill a 1.5-kilogram punnet with raspberries, blackcurrants, boysenberries and youngberries in about half an hour, but add a few kidlets into the mix and it’ll keep everyone busy for much longer.
Just know that I put exactly the same amount of effort into writing this review as Billy Corgan put into curling out this punnet of electropop cobblers.
I took some of Lucy and Barry’s cod and chips and ate them slowly, with the paper open on my lap, an irresistible punnet of starchy entrapment.
Just recently a friend got me into Quorn cocktail sausages and I can get through a punnet very quickly.
Common combinations with punnet
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- punnet of 2×