Pottle vs Punnet - What's the difference?
pottle | punnet | Synonyms |
(archaic) A former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot of around this size.
* Sir Walter Scott:
* Thomas Dekker:
(New Zealand) A conical receptacle, typically for potato chips or other foodstuffs.
A pot or other receptacle, e.g. for strawberries.
* Charles Dickens
* 2005 , English Folktales (ISBN 1591582601), page 21:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.
* 1904 , Arthur George Liddon Rogers, The Business Side of Agriculture , 2010, Forgotten Books,
* 1917 , Stevenson Whitcomb Fletcher, The Strawberry in North America: History, Origin, Botany, and Breeding ,
* 1933 , South Australian Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Journal of Agriculture, South Australia , Volume 36,
* 1982 , New Zealand Department of Agriculture, New Zealand journal of agriculture ,
* 2005 , , The Complete Burke's Backyard: The Ultimate Book of Fact Sheets ,
* 2007 May 13, Amelia Hill, ,
Punnet is a synonym of pottle.
Pottle is a synonym of punnet.
As nouns the difference between pottle and punnet
is that pottle is (archaic) a former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot of around this size while punnet is (uk|australia|new zealand) a small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.pottle
English
Noun
(en noun)- a dry pottle of sack before him
- a pottle of Greek wine
- He had a pottle of strawberries in one hand.
- "I was wondering whether you've got such a thing as a pottle of brains to spare?"
Synonyms
* (a receptacle for strawberries) punnet (British, New Zealand)punnet
English
(wikipedia punnet)Noun
(en noun)page 85:
- Thus, according to the same Year-Book'', a sea-kale punnet''' measures 8 in. in diameter at the top and 7½ in. at the bottom, being 2 in. deep, while a radish '''punnet''' is 8 in. in diameter and 1 in. deep, if to hold six “hands,” or 9 in. by 1 in. for twelve “hands.” A mushroom '''punnet''' is 7 in. by 1 in., while a salading ' punnet is 5 in. by 2 in.
pages 77-78:
- Another type of splint basket, called a punnet', was used in the strawberry trade of New York City between 1815 and 1850.' Punnets and pottles found little favor except in the vicinity of Boston and New York and were soon discarded for more convenient and less expensive packages.
page 1292:
- Most of the fruit for market is picked and sold in punnets , but for jam making buckets are used, similar to the raspberry bucket.
page 13:
- Early this season, Ross Lill got together with a plastics firm to produce a flat tray to replace the commonly used punnet .
page 408:
- However we recommend, particularly in cooler climates, sowing tomato seeds into a seed tray or punnet and allowing the seedlings to grow before they are transplanted into the garden.
Forget superfoods, you can?t beat an apple a day:
- ‘But rather than spend £5 on a small punnet of exotic berries, a family would be better off buying regular and larger quantities of fresh fruit and vegetables from their local market.’
