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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A box spring, leaning on its side against the open door of an empty refrigerator, blocked one corner of the room.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2023
To minimize exposure, use dust-mite covers for your pillows, mattress, box spring and duvets.
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 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
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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