box spring
noun
: a bedspring that consists of spiral springs attached to a foundation and enclosed in a cloth-covered frame
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There are currently few options for Americans who want to recycle a used mattress or box spring.
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
The price of $50 athletic shoes would jump to as high as $64, and a $2,000 mattress and box spring set would cost anywhere from $2,128 to $2,190, according to the report.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
For example, the Puffy Lux Hybrid works with any base (including box springs), but the Bear Elite Hybrid isn’t compatible with box springs.
—Renee Cherry, SELF, 30 Sep. 2024
At night, Givens would lie awake as her children slept, listening for any noise in their small north side Milwaukee apartment, her loaded gun tucked between her mattress and box spring.
—John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
The price of $50 athletic shoes would jump to as high as $64, and a $2,000 mattress and box spring set would cost anywhere from $2,128 to $2,190, according to the report.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
For example, the Puffy Lux Hybrid works with any base (including box springs), but the Bear Elite Hybrid isn’t compatible with box springs.
—Renee Cherry, SELF, 30 Sep. 2024
At night, Givens would lie awake as her children slept, listening for any noise in their small north side Milwaukee apartment, her loaded gun tucked between her mattress and box spring.
—John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Box spring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20spring. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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