box spring
Americannoun
noun
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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
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
Mom’s bedroom is empty except for the mattress and the box spring under it, and the metal frame under that.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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