Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the springs supporting the mattress of a bed.
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- noun A
springy surface that supports themattress of abed .
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- noun (usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed
Etymologies
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Examples
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The company, with sales last year of $3.34 billion, got its start in 1883 when two Missouri brothers-in-law began making the first commercially successful bedspring.
Too Early to Hire, Cautious CEO Says Timothy Aeppel 2011
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At Leggett & Platt's sprawling bedspring factory in Carthage—which processes 800,000 pounds of steel wire a day—the more immediate problem is a price squeeze.
Too Early to Hire, Cautious CEO Says Timothy Aeppel 2011
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And I love that How I Met Your Mother's Barney and The Office's Holly have one thing in common: They can both make us laugh by imitating the naughty sound of a squeaking bedspring.
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It was as bright as a carrot and as kinky as a bedspring.
The Body Ricardo 2010
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The stab of a bedspring confirmed he was in his old bedroom in the tiny apartment above the music shop, alone but for the ghosts of vanished souls.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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The stab of a bedspring confirmed he was in his old bedroom in the tiny apartment above the music shop, alone but for the ghosts of vanished souls.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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It is currently replacing older bedspring-making equipment with newer machines that run 20% faster, eliminating the need for one of every five people who run this type of equipment, Mr. Haffner says.
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Project Diana used a modified SCR-271 bedspring radar antenna aimed at the rising Moon.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – January 8-10, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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They are in a state of panic and chaos and . . . they rush for the bedspring and the lingerie the moment the phantom of empty seats rises to clutch them.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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Thank you Jamie, for breaking the glass bedspring.
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