box spring
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of box spring
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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She stood next to a waterlogged twin mattress and box spring — the remnants of water damage sustained after a fire two floors above forced her from her home days after Christmas.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2022
Under a tree, Yeidi and her mother spotted a rusting box spring, left behind on the night of the evictions.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
The boudoir here has no four-poster bed or even a headboard, just a single mattress on a box spring with an unstable pile of books nearby.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2020
I ran back to the bedroom and yanked up the mattress to peek at the box spring.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2019
His only furniture was a box spring, a mattress, a chair, and two crates for a table.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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