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 Whenever there has been a major anniversary (most recently, the 30th anniversary of In Utero), a Nirvana box set has been released with the inclusion of unearthed live performances. Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 5 Apr. 2024 Pyromania box set track list: Disc One: Original Album 1. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024 To buy: Sager the Dog Squishmallow $27; amazon.com Food Mix Squad Mushroom Squishmallows, Set of 6 There are lots of possibilities with this Squishmallow box set. Chelsee Lowe, Parents, 1 Feb. 2024 In 1998, however, Staley reconvened with the band one last time to record two songs that were released on the band’s 1999 box set Music Bank. Spin Contributor, SPIN, 22 Mar. 2024 Pavement are compiling their singles into a new box set. Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2024 Those reissues feature the remastered audio from a 2018 campaign, when Bush’s entire musical output was released on vinyl across four box sets, including songs that had never before been pressed on wax. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2024 Another customer favorite on sale is this Lego box set. Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 1 Jan. 2024 The track is one of many rarities that will feature on an upcoming box set Pyromania reissue, due out April 26. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

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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 26 Apr. 2024.

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