Definition of Glove compartment

1. Noun. Compartment on the dashboard of a car.

Group relationships: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar
Generic synonyms: Compartment

Definition of Glove compartment

1. Noun. (automotive) '''1939''' A compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard, that usually has a door and can be locked, intended to hold gloves, papers, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glove Compartment

glottonyms
glottophagy
glour
gloured
glouring
glours
glout
glouted
glouting
glouts
glove
glove anaesthesia
glove anesthesia
glove box
glove boxes
glove compartment
glove compartments
glove doll
glove juice test
glove leather
glove puppet
glovebox
gloveboxes
gloved
gloved-finger sign
gloveful
glovefuls
gloveless
glovelike
glovemaker

Literary usage of Glove compartment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Banking Fraud: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and edited by James A. Leach (2000)
"Don't leave your credit cards in your car's glove, compartment. An alarmingly high proportion of all credit card thefts are from car glove compartments. 4. ..."

2. Serving the American Public: Best Practices in Resolving Customer Complaints by Albert Gore, Jr, Al Gore (1997)
"... a tank from the Red River Army Depot, there's a 1-800 number in the "glove compartment" so you know who to call if you have a problem with the vehicle. ..."

3. I Read It, But I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers by Cris Tovani (2000)
"I could use the cell phone to call someone, but when I reach into the glove compartment to retrieve it, I realize this plan won't work either. ..."

4. Interstate Transportation of Human Pathogens: Congressional Hearings by Orrin G. Hatch (1999)
"Law enforcement authorities found the bubonic plague samples in the glove compartment of Harris's car. That is why I believe it is absolutely necessary to ..."

5. Alison and Peter Smithson: From the House of the Future to a House of Today by Dirk van den Heuvel, Max Risselada, Beatriz Colomina (2004)
"... for the appliances would be so closely integrated into the structure, that to change the refrigerator would he like getting a larger glove compartment ..."

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