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

Recent Examples on the Web

The Flaming Lips will commemorate the 20th anniversary of their 11th album, At War With the Mystics, this fall with an anthology box set due out this fall. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026

In both places, his extensive library of 18th- and 19th-century architecture books were housed in a glass box set off from the rest of the space on an upper floor, which was devoted to living and sleeping, with lower floors designed as art studios. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026

My hobbies include invading star systems, dominating species, and watching the Lovejoy box set. — Richard Hall, Time, 12 Aug. 2026

The 2003 recording that appears on 2009’s The Live Anthology box set is eight minutes long, with a virtuoso performance by keyboardist Benmont Tench on the lengthy instrumental bridge. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 7 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for box set

• abet
• asset
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• banquette
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• beget
• beset
• binet
• briquette
• brunet
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• burette