: 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

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The Streamliner model is the focus of limited editions associated with the team and the two newest come in a boxed set. Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025 Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace seem to have huffed an entire boxed set of Friday Night Lights before sitting down to brainstorm Landman. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025 This includes everything from making fresh pasta at home with just flour and egg — cutting out any unwanted ingredients — to baking a cake from scratch instead of using a boxed cake mix. Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025 Tickets are $310, including a boxed sandwich lunch, seltzers, beers and cocktails, along with event hats, polos, swag bags and a post-tournament dinner buffet. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boxed

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1548, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of boxed was circa 1548

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“Boxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxed. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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