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box set

noun

variants or boxed set
: a collection of related items packaged together in a box and sold as a single unit
The box set includes all of the band's albums and singles.
a 10-DVD boxed set of the television show's first season
a 4-volume box set

Examples of box set in a Sentence

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This staggering 191-track box set offers a full spread of goodies no fan could resist. Ew Staff November 25, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Nov. 2025 Pepper and White Album box sets. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025 Software and games are $1 each or as marked, while box sets of DVDs, CDs or VCDs are individually priced based on the number of discs in the set. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025 The band announced the upcoming release of a huge box set celebrating the 50th anniversary of their landmark Alive! Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for box set

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of box set was in 1894

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“Box set.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20set. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.

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