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

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In 2018, Craft released a sumptuous, five-CD box set on another flagship imprint. Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025 Interstellar—Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway—is being celebrated with a 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray box set release. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 Audiobooks, DVDs and BluRay discs are $2 each, while box sets of same are individually priced based on the number of discs in the set. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2024 Pick up the six-pack box set for the best value on on these addictive new strings. Ron Hart, SPIN, 29 Nov. 2024 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 15 Jan. 2025.

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