glove compartment
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2.0
- noun
- /ɡlʌv kəmˈpɑːrtmənt/
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guantera
- I always keep my sunglasses in the glove compartment for easy access while driving.
And I reach quickly to the glove compartment to get my registration.
- And I reach quickly to the glove compartment to get my registration.
- And the night with a Coke and the gun in glove compartment, nothing done about it.
- The fucking, what do you call that fucking glove glove compartment?
Examples
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Nelson found the band-aids in the glove compartment and got out to join him.
Fiction book (1995) -
So, the first thing you'll say to him is, "Officer, my insurance and registration are in my glove compartment."
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And I reach quickly to the glove compartment to get my registration.
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Okay, let me just get a pen out of the glove compartment.
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I have a photograph of my wife that I keep in the glove compartment of the car.
Fiction book (1991) -
I found the box for the ring when I was rifling through the glove compartment for change.
Fiction book (1997) -
Grab that box of Kleenex from the glove compartment, will you?
Academic text (2007) -
I hid the picture in the glove compartment and reread the letter.
Fiction book (1992) -
Maggie watched as he rifled through the glove compartment until he found an envelope.
Fiction book (1997) -
Taking the flashlight from the glove compartment, my father turned off the headlights.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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3.3
A small separate space inside a bigger thing where you keep things
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small storage compartment in a car' is directly derivable from combining 'glove' (a hand covering) with 'compartment' (a storage area): the compound names a place to store gloves. This noun–noun compositional pattern is common in English and in other languages (e.g., French boîte à gants, Spanish guantera), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Glove compartment comes from early cars when drivers wore driving gloves and kept them in a small compartment in the front of the car. That's why today it means 'a small storage space in a car'.