glove box
glove box noun: a small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, used to store (and sometimes lock) items.
Noun
glove box (plural glove boxes)
- 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
- 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
glove box meaning in Tamil
glove box in Tamil
- கையுறைப் பெட்டி
Synonyms of glove box
Forms of glove box
| plural | glove boxes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | glovebox |
Origin of glove box
From glove + box.
Questions about glove box
- What does glove box mean?
- Glove box means a small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, used to store (and sometimes lock) items.
- What is glove box in Tamil?
- Glove box in Tamil is கையுறைப் பெட்டி. See Glove box meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is glove box?
- Glove box is a noun.
- What is the plural of glove box?
- The plural of glove box is glove boxes.
Words near glove box in the dictionary
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