glove compartment
nounDefinition of glove compartment
: a small storage cabinet in the dashboard of an automobile
Examples of glove compartment in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The car’s center console and glove compartment had been ransacked. — La Cañada Valley Sun, "Crime Report: 6 more La Cañada homes targeted by burglars since July 30," 7 Aug. 2019 The Arch Mission Foundation sent its first archive to space in 2018 in the glove compartment of Elon Musk’s Tesla, which is now in a 30-million-year orbit around the sun. — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, "A Crashed Israeli Lunar Lander Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon," 5 Aug. 2019 Officers found suspected marijuana in the glove compartment, and the two were exchanging inappropriate photos electronically, according to police. — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, "Suspect faces methamphetamine charge: Westlake Police Blotter," 21 July 2019 While speaking with the driver, a man, 22, an officer saw in the car’s glove compartment a large box of rifle rounds. — cleveland.com, "Headlight violation leads to arrest of man on gun, drug charges: University Heights police blotter," 31 July 2019 The portable device — small enough to stash in the glove compartment or under a seat — can also charge USB devices, from smartphones to tablets, action cameras, and GPS devices. — Kari Bodnarchuk, BostonGlobe.com, "Here, there, and everywhere," 16 July 2019 Backup was called and a firearm was reportedly located in the glove compartment. — Fox News, "Oklahoma man arrested in stolen car with snake, uranium, gun, whiskey: Cops," 13 July 2019 The resident heard car doors slamming at 1:30 a.m. and went out to find items from his glove compartment scattered on the front seat. — Hank Beckman, chicagotribune.com, "La Grange police blotter: Car rummaged through on South Peck Avenue," 4 July 2019 Evvie has a suitcase in the car and an envelope of cash in the glove compartment. — Julie Depenbrock, Washington Post, "In ‘Evvie Drake Starts Over,’ a widow and a professional baseball player deliver summer romance," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'glove compartment.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more