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glove box
n. 1 (context automotive English) A small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, to store (and sometime lock) items. 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.
Usage examples of "glove box".
In the middle of the room there was a separate sealed booth, running floor-to-ceiling, with a glove box in it.
As she slid across the seat, past the glove box, she popped open the door and snatched up the .
I remembered one of those little standard first-aid kits that would fit into the glove box of a car.