n. A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A small but broad shallow basket for displaying fruit or flowers.
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n. 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."