big-box

[big-boks]

adjective

1. pertaining to or noting a very large retail store that does a high volume of business and usually has low prices.

   Big-box retailers claim that they create jobs and boost tax revenue.

Other Word Forms

• big box noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of big-box¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

At least a plurality of the recent high-budget, big-box office movies coming out of Hollywood involve action heroes derived from comic books.

From Salon

Natasia Demetriou: There were endless moments during filming where we’d look at each other like, “I will never again be in a big-box store at 4 a.m. watching a fake Doug Jones puppet be wheeled along in a Barbie car —”

From Los Angeles Times

Once upon a time, I got my first summer job at Target, when big-box stores still trained you in folding techniques and how to survive the back-to-school rush.

From Salon

The Costco food court is undoubtedly the big-box retailer’s greatest asset.

From Salon

She added that big-box stores have the unfair advantage of being able to absorb costs related to the tariffs, while local businesses are already struggling to make ends meet.

From Los Angeles Times