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

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Corgan’s Highland Park cafe Madame Zuzu’s tea shop will exclusively offer the LPs in an expansive 80-song box set featuring a 48-track Machina and an additional 32 bonus tracks of demos, outtakes, and live performances. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2025 The rest of the sets from the group that have placed on the tally are compilations, box sets, and various live recordings, including this latest effort. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 And Young has to have put the record out as a stand-alone release, so no albums like 1982’s Island in the Sun or 1987’s Summer Songs, which are only available, for now, in a recent $240 Neil Young Archives box set. Chris Stanton, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025 Key features: Hundreds of movies and box sets, including lots of sci-fi content. Kimberley Snaith, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for box set

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 6 Apr. 2025.

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