spring mattress

British  

noun

1. a mattress containing an arrangement of spiral springs

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Example Sentences

At the time, I’m living at my mom’s house, on this spring mattress that’s sticking me in the back — but I’m turning down crazy money, because it just wasn’t the right thing.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

In the early days of the war, he and others were living at the ambulance station — sleeping on creaky spring mattress beds upstairs.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2022

An analogy is that of two heavy balls on a spring mattress, whereby the indentation in the mattress made by one of the balls produces an attractive region for the other ball.

From Nature • Aug. 27, 2019

“Sometimes you get a fancy casket that might have a spring mattress in there, or you could get a cardboard box.”

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2012

There was nothing on the bedstead but a spring mattress and comforter, the carpet was cheap and the chairs, washstand and other articles were of the most common kind.

From The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Hunt, Henry M.