| 单词 | punnet basket |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspunnet basket A small light shallow container (originally made from strips or chips of wood) used esp. for strawberries, raspberries, mushrooms, and similar produce. Formerly also †punnet basket. Also (occasionally): a pottle (pottle n.1 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > basket > for fruit or vegetables fraila1382 top1440 tapnet1524 fig-frail1608 flat1640 raisin frail1669 chip basket1758 pottle1771 sievea1800 punnet1822 trug1836 bodge1876 molly1883 handle1900 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] > small fiscelle1483 kipsey1615 ridicule basket1819 punnet1822 reticule basket1822 handle1900 1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening Index 1442 Punnet, a small flat basket from four to twelve inches in diameter, and one to two inches deep, formed of split wood or shavings of timber. 1829 Times 24 Apr. 2/4 The first sample this season of green peas in a small sallad punnit basket..was exhibited for sale yesterday morning in Covent-garden market. 1849 A. R. Smith Pottleton Legacy xxxix Baskets of flowers—being punnets borrowed from the market-garden. 1884 West. Daily Press 29 May 3/7 The high and conical [bonnets]..suggest strawberry punnets turned upside down upon the head. 1906 Spectator 29 Sept. 437/1 Thin paper lining a frail punnet where Lay filberts woodland-brown. 1943 H. J. Massingham Men of Earth ii. 16 Some gave a pound for a punnet of strawberries, others a pound for a punnet of tomatoes. 1975 Times 27 Nov. 13/7 A marvellous new filler..(80p a punnet), which claims to fill everything from plaster to concrete. 2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 6 Mar. (Homefront section) 8/4 Oasis mini vegetables come in cell-pack punnets and will be available nationally this month. < as lemmas |
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