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glovebox

The correct spelling is glovebox.

How to pronounce glovebox

noun

Say it like: Glo-veb-ox

The correct spelling is glovebox. A small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, used to store (and sometimes lock) items. For example: "There's a map in the glovebox."

Usage Examples

There's a map in the glovebox.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, used to store (and sometimes lock) items.
  2. 2.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.

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