glove box

noun

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: a sealed protectively lined compartment having holes to which are attached gloves for use in handling especially dangerous materials inside the compartment

Examples of glove box in a Sentence

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In the glove box was a small stack of newspaper clippings. The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2025 Officers also found a bag of marijuana in the glove box, within easy reach of the children. Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 19 May 2025 Also, the tech is complicated and of course learnable, but to open the glove box positioned below the passenger seat, for example, required three separate steps on the touch screen. Josh Max, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025 This pressure will help pop the glove box out of place, leaving the filter cover exposed. Charles Singh, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glove box

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of glove box was in 1946

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“Glove box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glove%20box. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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