glove compartment
Americannoun
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glove compartments
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of glove compartment
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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But the graying signal caller still had something left in the glove compartment, and if you think I typed that while speaking in a stentorian John Facenda voice, I absolutely did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
No more scrolling through your phone to find that bar code, or scrambling through your glove compartment to find that parking pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
The body camera footage shows an exchange that became more tense when Ms. Heard let the officers know that she had a gun locked in her glove compartment.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
There was no signal, the satellite phone was in the glove compartment, more fool she, and no one would come anyway.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2022
Flossie clicked on the radio to soft dance music, then opened the glove compartment to find an emery board for filing down her nails.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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