glove compartment

noun

: a small storage cabinet in the dashboard of an automobile

Examples of glove compartment in a Sentence

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Stone said that during the course of the stop, Lattimore did not inform the responding officer that there was a 9mm handgun in the glove compartment when asked. Tom Schad, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026 It’s known that certain people keep with them—in glove compartments, purses—red, round Christmas ornaments. David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 When a former Italian policeman named Pasquale Camera was killed in a car crash in 1995, investigators found a stash of Polaroid pictures of antiquities in the glove compartment. Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025 An ice scraper in the glove compartment. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glove compartment

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of glove compartment was in 1916

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“Glove compartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glove%20compartment. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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glove compartment

noun
: a small storage cabinet in the dashboard of an automobile
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