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glove box en · NOUN

Etymology

From glove + box.

Meanings

1. 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.
   • So I went for the shotgun in the Hilux, but could only find one rat-shot shell in the glove box. 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 25:
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.

Forms

Synonyms

glove compartment

Translations (6)

fi hansikaskaappi (plastic box with rubber gloves fastened around holes) · fr boîte à gants (plastic box with rubber gloves fastened around holes) · de Glove-Box (plastic box with rubber gloves fastened around holes) · de Handschuhbox (plastic box with rubber gloves fastened around holes) · it scatola a guanti (plastic box with rubber gloves fastened around holes) · cmn 手套箱 (plastic box with rubber gloves fastened around holes)