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An object such as a metal coil or air-filled tube which provides a force opposing the direction of deformation.

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Is it impossible to stretch or compress a spring with a force other than $kx$?

A "spring" in engineering and physics does not describe a literal spring, but rather a spring-like property: restoring force proportional to displacement. A "spring" in this sense is massless. … the spring mass. …
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