box set

noun

, Theater.

1. a boxlike stage set consisting of flats that form the back wall, side walls, and often the ceiling, painted to represent the interior of a room.

Word History and Origins

Origin of box set¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

“The Sopranos box set was maybe $88,” Hedrick told The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

To celebrate a retrospective box set, entitled Nothing Has Changed, Bowie has released a video for one of two new songs included.

From The Daily Beast

With only 7,500 sets created, this limited edition 41-DVD box set is available on November 11, 2014 for an SRP of $349.98.

From The Daily Beast

Plus, to celebrate Upton's cover, V is offering a special box set of products featuring the model's mug.

From The Daily Beast

Dick van Hoff x Thomas Eyck Canteen and Lunch Box Set, $299 at GSelect  2.

From The Daily Beast

After the plant has bloomed, the top may be cut down, and the box set in a cellar and kept moderately dry.

From Project Gutenberg

If you forgot, you were fined a trifle, which went to the box set aside for the help of the sailors' orphans.

From Project Gutenberg

It rested on the brow of the mountain against the naked sky as impudently as a cracker-box set upon the dome of a great cathedral.

From Project Gutenberg

His business and stock-in-trade consist of a box set up on two wheels, and drawn by a good-natured yellow dog.

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To set a curb box some flat stones should be laid around the curb cock and the box set on these stones.

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