Big-box Definition
bĭgbŏks
adjective
Relating to or being one of a chain of retail outlets or retailers selling goods in such outlets in volume at low cost in large warehouselike structures usually built outside of downtown areas near major roadways.
American Heritage
Designating or of a large retail store that is typically a spacious boxlike building with an extensive ground-level sales floor.
Webster's New World
(US) Of or relating to a very large retail establishment built as a massive, free-standing structure.
Big-box retailers like Wal-Mart have driven local mom-and-pop stores out of business.
Wiktionary
noun
A large self-service store, usually on a single level, with few interior walls, owned and run by a corporation.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Big-box
Noun
Singular:
big-box
Plural:
big-boxes
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