box spring
noun
an upholstered bedspring composed of a number of helical springs, each in a cylindrical cloth pocket.
box springs
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pluralof box spring.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Donated beds are delivered to new families, though some are so accustomed to sleeping on the thin mats of a refugee camp that they forgo the box springs and bed frames.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2016
On a recent Saturday, Independence Bank worked with the Housing Authority of Bowling Green and other volunteers to provide more than 40 beds, frames, box springs and bedding to people in need.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2016
On that sits as many as 2,000 individual coils used in the box springs, which are manufactured onsite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2015
Other concealed areas held a number of mattresses and box springs.
From Chicago Tribune ● Oct. 24, 2014
LeAlan: Like on those old beds, those box springs?
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
