Dictionary

glove compartment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard, that usually has a door and can be locked, intended to hold gloves, papers, etc.
   • Such was my enthusiasm to get there, I probably went faster than was prudent over such a dodgy road, but by the time I arrived the only damage was that the glove compartment had rattled loose. 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 206:

Forms

Synonyms

glove box · jockey box · glovey

Translations (37)

ga póca miotóg (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · tr torpido gözü (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · cy blwch menig (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · ar دُرْج أَمَامِيّ (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · nl dashboardkastje (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · ja グローブボックス (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · mn ᠤᠷᠳᠤ ᠬᠠᠢᠢᠷᠴᠠᠭ (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · ro torpedou (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · da handskerum (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · fr boîte à gants (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · it cassetto portaoggetti (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · fi hansikaslokero (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · cmn 儲物箱 /储物箱 (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · pdt Bielod (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · et kindalaegas (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · tr torpido (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · eo gantujo (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · ru бардачо́к (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · fo handskarúm (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · lv cimdu kaste (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · ca guantera (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · nl handschoenenvak (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · sv handskfack (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · nl handschoenenkastje (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · de Handschuhfach (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · es guantera (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · it vano portaoggetti (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · mn урд хайрцаг (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · bg жабка (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · aii ܟ̰ܹܟܡܲܟ̰ܵܐ (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · cy silff fenig (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · is hanskahólf (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · hu kesztyűtartó (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · de Handschuhkasten (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · pt porta-luvas (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · ga póca lámhainní (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) · pl schowek (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard)