glove compartment

noun

: a small storage cabinet in the dashboard of an automobile

Examples of glove compartment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Texas Tech students and West Texans eat them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night, pack them in backpacks for later and carry an emergency burrito in the glove compartment for long drives. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2024 In the latter case, he was pulled over in his father’s BMW and refused to take a sobriety test—the police found an empty mouthwash bottle in the glove compartment—and an Okaloosa County deputy arrested him. Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024 Emergency Thermal Blankets: Stay prepared for winter challenges by storing emergency thermal blankets in your glove compartment. Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024 Weighing less than a pound and about the size of a standard book, these binoculars can easily slip into your day bag or glove compartment and won’t be a millstone around your neck. Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024 For instance, officers may look into the glove compartment of a car and see if there are valuables. Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 Police found a silver Harrington & Richardson Arms 5-shot revolver in the truck’s glove compartment, according to charging documents. Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 5 Sep. 2023 On the front seatbacks, leather gives way to a cheaper-looking black plastic covering that also makes its way to the glove compartment. Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 8 Sep. 2023 Every car’s main zones are the glove compartment, center console, backseat console, and trunk, Shearer explains. Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of glove compartment was in 1916

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“Glove compartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glove%20compartment. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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glove compartment

noun
: a small storage cabinet in the dashboard of an automobile
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