[Ads-l] "Boxed" adj > "box"

[Dan Goncharoff]

One problem with 'boxed' is that both bottles and boxes are shipped in
bigger boxes. 'Boxed wine' could mean bottles of wine still in boxes. There
is no confusion in 'box wine' or other uses of 'box' as an adjective
meaning sold in a container that's a box.

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020, 10:23 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> And surely "box score" was once similar?
>
> JL
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 10:17 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > How 'bout the well established "box wine"?
> >
> > JL
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 9:43 AM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> We've all been seeing "box set" (of a trilogy, set of CDs, etc.) for a
> >> long
> >> time. I've never liked it, but /bɔkssɛt/ is an unsurprising elision from
> >> /bɔkstsɛt/.
> >>
> >> But this morning I see in the current (April(!)) issue of *Consumer
> >> Reports
> >> On Health* , p.7, top of the 3rd column
> >> "One drawback of canned and box soups: sodium."
> >>
> >> It's the same cluster reduction, /bɔ*kst*sup/ > /bɔ*kss*up/. It's just
> the
> >> first I recall seeing other than "... set".
> >>
> >> MAM
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