glove box

See also: glovebox

English

Etymology

glove +‎ box

Noun

glove box (plural glove boxes)

1. (automotive) A small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, used to store (and sometimes lock) items.

   There's a map in the glovebox.

2. A plastic box or similar enclosure containing a controlled environment, with rubber gloves fastened around holes in the front of the box through which a person can manipulate things in the box without introducing outside contamination; an isolator.

Synonyms

• glove compartment

Translations

glove compartment — see glove compartment

plastic box with rubber gloves fastened around holes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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• Finnish: hansikaskaappi
• German: Handschuhbox f, Glove-Box f