"box spring" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: box springs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} box spring (plural box springs)
  1. A box-shaped frame into which is a set of spiral springs, upon which rests a bed mattress. Categories (topical): Bedding Synonyms: divan bed, boxspring, box-spring Hypernyms: bedspring Translations (frame of spiral springs): somiero (Esperanto), sommier [masculine] (French), somier [masculine] (Spanish)

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