bedspring

noun

bed·​spring ˈbed-ˌspriŋ How to pronounce bedspring (audio)
: a spring supporting a mattress

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An antique bedspring brings a rustic take to the traditional memo board. Anna Logan, Country Living, 21 June 2023 Like at first snowfall when the kids dragged their bedsprings out of the cottage, over the fence and up the hill of the 5th hole at Crescent Hill golf course. Kristina Goetz, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2017 Near one house, beer bottles stuck out of the mud, and a rusty bedspring served as a fence on the water’s edge. Victoria Burnett, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bedspring was in 1858

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“Bedspring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedspring. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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