glove box

noun

1. glove compartment.
2. 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

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of glove box¹

1855–60 for earlier sense

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Literature

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

From Literature

Rick keeps the vehicle code in his glove box and proceeded to show the officer the line, “You may make a right turn on a red light,” not must.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Literature