glove box
noun
2
: a sealed protectively lined compartment having holes to which are attached gloves for use in handling especially dangerous materials inside the compartment
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In January, another TCU student reported that the glove box and center console of her car were open and someone stole two pairs of sunglasses and gift cards.
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2025
Officers found a loaded handgun in the glove box of Olson’s SUV.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2025
Tosses rattle into glove box, slams glove box closed.
—George Saunders, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
Using a chemical glove box, a polycarbonate glass box with protruding gloves that shields substances from oxygen and moisture, scientists combined the berkelium metal with an organic molecule containing only carbon and hydrogen to create a chemical reaction.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2025
Officers found a loaded handgun in the glove box of Olson’s SUV.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2025
Tosses rattle into glove box, slams glove box closed.
—George Saunders, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
Using a chemical glove box, a polycarbonate glass box with protruding gloves that shields substances from oxygen and moisture, scientists combined the berkelium metal with an organic molecule containing only carbon and hydrogen to create a chemical reaction.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for glove box
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“Glove box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glove%20box. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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