boxed

1 of 2

adjective

ˈbäkst 

: placed or enclosed in a box

boxed foods

a boxed lunch

… arrived at noon on Monday in a cream-colored Ford station wagon with the back end full of boxed religious tracts.

—B. J. Oliphant

see also box set

boxed

2 of 2

past tense and past participle of box entry 2, box entry 3, box entry 6

Examples of boxed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

More than 300 cinnamon rolls were baked, boxed and ready to make their way to customers at the Yellow Green Farmers Market in Hollywood this weekend. — Carla Mendez, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Cattle that might have come to the US and fattened on American corn to be turned into steaks are now fed, slaughtered and packed entirely in Mexico – then sent to the US as boxed beef. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Homemade brownies don’t require too much more effort than the boxed mix and will make your team’s win even sweeter. — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2026

For those not wanting or needing to shell out for the full boxed sets, there will be distillations available, in the form of two-LP and two-CD deluxe (as opposed to super deluxe) versions with a 16-track second disc of demos and sessions. — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1548, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing boxed

• boxed set