glove box

Meaning

Noun

• A small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, used to store (and sometimes lock) items.
• 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.

Related

Similar words

• glove compartment

Origin

• glove + box