"box art" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-box art.wav
Etymology: From box + art. Etymology templates: {{com|en|box|art}} box + art Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} box art (uncountable)
  1. The illustrations or photography on the box in which a product is packaged. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Art Synonyms: cover art, boxart
    Sense id: en-box_art-en-noun-iXmRd5e9 Disambiguation of Art: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 47 53
  2. (video games, by extension) The artwork used to promote or represent a video game when it is distributed digitally, without physical packaging. Tags: broadly, uncountable Categories (topical): Video games, Art, Video games
    Sense id: en-box_art-en-noun-ADN~Cntu Disambiguation of Art: 50 50 Disambiguation of Video games: 21 79 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 47 53 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (art): パケ絵 (pake-e) (Japanese), box art [feminine] (Portuguese), boxart [feminine] (Portuguese), box art [masculine] (Spanish), boxart [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'art': 52 48

Alternative forms

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