Usually means: Supportive base for a mattress.
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  1. box spring: Merriam-Webster
  2. box spring: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. box spring: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. box spring: Collins English Dictionary
  5. box spring: Vocabulary.com
  6. box spring: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. box-spring, box spring: Wiktionary
  8. box spring: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. box spring: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. box spring: Dictionary.com
  11. Box Spring, Box-spring, Box spring: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. box spring: Rhymezone
  13. box spring: FreeDictionary.org
  14. box spring: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. box spring: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. box spring: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Box Spring: TheFurniture.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (box spring)

▸ noun:  A box-shaped frame into which is a set of spiral springs, upon which rests a bed mattress.

Similar:
spring-box, spring bed, box-bed, divan bed, box bed, Hollywood bed, bedbox, boxbed, bedframe, platform bed, more...

Opposite:
mattress, platform bed, slat bed

Types:
twin, full, queen, king, Californiking, more...

Adjectives:
four-poster, flatbed, bedlike, bedfast, queen-size, shakedown, cushioned, ottoman, hatstand, round, umbrellaed



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Similar:
spring-box, spring bed, box-bed, divan bed, box bed, Hollywood bed, bedbox, boxbed, bedframe, platform bed, more...

Opposite:
mattress, platform bed, slat bed

Types:
twin, full, queen, king, Californiking, more...

Adjectives:
four-poster, flatbed, bedlike, bedfast, queen-size, shakedown, cushioned, ottoman, hatstand, round, umbrellaed



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