glove box

noun2

1. •
   A small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, used to store (and sometimes lock) items.

   • There's a map in the glovebox.
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.