glove box

English

noun
Definitions
  • (automotive) 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.

Etymology

Compound from English glove + English box (verb, a blow with the fist, boxhaul, box, case, punch).

Origin

English

box

Gloss

verb, a blow with the fist, boxhaul, box, case, punch

Concept
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Modern world

Ontological Category

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