GLOVE BOX Definition & Meaning

glove box

noun

glove compartment.
an enclosed compartment with openings to which long gloves are attached, enabling someone outside the compartment to reach inside and handle its contents without causing or incurring injury or contamination, as in a laboratory or hospital.

glove box

noun

a closed box in which toxic or radioactive substances can be handled by an operator who places his hands through protective gloves sealed to the box

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of glove box¹

1855–60 for earlier sense

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Deputies determined that before the shooting, the toddler and his 7-year-old brother were inside a truck when the older child found a firearm in the glove box.

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She hates bathing, wears her dead mother’s clothes and keeps a decaying mouse in her glove box.

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She slammed the glove box shut and climbed out of the car.

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She leaned over and popped open the glove box, then handed me a napkin from McDonald’s.

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He snaps the glove box open, places the scraper inside, and says, “Who’s ready to go exercise some treaty rights?”

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glove glove compartment

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