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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On Wednesday, Wolfum textile designer Annabel Inganni was thinking about her 14-year-old son as she waited to pick up a free mattress and box spring at Living Spaces in Monrovia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
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
She likes the SureGuard Mattress Encasement for both mattress and box spring.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 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
My mother is lying on the floor next to me on her little box spring, and my little sister’s lying on the floor too.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
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