Meanings
plural glove compartments
- automotiveA compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard, that usually has a door and can be locked, intended to hold gloves, papers, etc.
Such was my enthusiasm to get there, I probably went faster than was prudent over such a dodgy road, but by the time I arrived the only damage was that the glove compartment had rattled loose.
2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 206Synonyms: glove box, glovey, jockey box
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard, that usually has a door and can be locked, intended to hold gloves, papers, etc.
Translations
Arabic دُرْج أَمَامِيّ
- دُرْج أَمَامِيّ (durj ʔamāmiyy)compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Bulgarian жабка
- жабка (žabka)compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Catalan guantera
- guanteracompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Chinese Mandarin 儲物箱 /储物箱
- 儲物箱 /储物箱 (chǔwùxiāng)compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Danish handskerum
- handskerumcompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Dutch handschoenenkastje, dashboardkastje
- handschoenenkastjecompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
- dashboardkastjecompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
- handschoenenvakcompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Esperanto gantujo
- gantujocompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Estonian kindalaegas
- kindalaegascompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Finnish hansikaslokero
- hansikaslokerocompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
French boîte à gants
- boîte à gantscompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
German Handschuhfach, Handschuhkasten
- Handschuhfachcompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
- Handschuhkastencompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Hungarian kesztyűtartó
- kesztyűtartócompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Icelandic hanskahólf
- hanskahólfcompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Irish póca lámhainní, póca miotóg
- póca lámhainnícompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
- póca miotógcompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Italian cassetto portaoggetti, vano portaoggetti
- cassetto portaoggetticompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
- vano portaoggetticompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Japanese グローブボックス
- グローブボックスcompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Latvian cimdu kaste
- cimdu kastecompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Polish schowek
- schowekcompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Portuguese porta-luvas
- porta-luvascompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Romanian torpedou
- torpedoucompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Russian бардачо́к
- бардачо́к (bardačók)compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Spanish guantera
- guanteracompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Swedish handskfack
- handskfackcompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Turkish torpido, torpido gözü
- torpidocompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
- torpido gözücompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Welsh silff fenig, blwch menig
- silff fenigcompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
- blwch menigcompartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
Cite this entry
glove compartment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glove%20compartment
“glove compartment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glove%20compartment. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glove compartment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glove%20compartment.
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