glove box
nounAutomotive
A small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, used to store (and sometimes lock) items.
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glove compartment
nounAutomotive
A compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard, that usually has a door and can be locked, intended to hold gloves, papers, etc.
glue strip
nounWoodworking
A narrow band or line of adhesive applied along the edge of a workpiece to bond it to another piece.
glut
A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
GMPLS
Initialism of generalized multi-protocol label switching.
go to bed
Of a newspaper: to finish being prepared for printing.
go-show
The situation where a passenger checks in at an airport in the hope of getting an earlier flight than was reserved.
goaf
That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed.
gob
Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.
gob up
To pack or fill with waste material.
gobbin
Waste material in old mine workings.
gobbing
The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff.
GOBLin
Acronym of Gospel Oak to Barking Line, a railway line in north London.
gobline
The outer extent of the gob (waste material) in an old mine.
godet
A piece of fabric inserted into a garment along a seam or cut to lengthen the free edge, and to make a garment roomier and to add a wavy edge cf. gusset.
gods
The quadrats used by printers in throwing on the imposing stone, similar to the movement in casting dice.
goer
A fire incident in progress.
gold bee
Any one of several specific, visually striking yellow or golden species of bees native to North America.
gold blocking
A technique where gold foil or another metallic foil is applied using heat and pressure from an engraved block or die to emboss designs or patterns onto a surface.
gold box
A device used in phreaking to divert an incoming call to a second telephone line.
golden pea
Any of various Mirbelioids with small yellow flowers.
gon
nounRail equipment
Abbreviation of gondola car.
gondola
nounRail equipment
A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.
goods
Freight, as opposed to passengers.
goods van
nounRail equipment
An enclosed railway freight car, especially one with a sliding door.
gore
nounSurveying
A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
goring
A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
gouge
Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
GPD
nounManufacturing
Initialism of grams per denier.
gpf
nounPlumbing
Abbreviation of gallons per flush.
GPRS
Initialism of General Packet Radio Service.
GR
nameAutomotive
Initialism of Gazoo Racing: A performance brand, automotive label, and, racing division, of Toyota.
grab
The rescue of a person from a burning structure.
grab iron
nounRail equipment
A metal bar attached to the side of locomotives and railroad cars for use as a handhold.
grade
To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.
graft
A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
grafting
nounCarpentry
A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
GRAIL
Initialism of Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory.
grain
The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.
grain elevator
A large structure for the storage of grain. It is more specialized than a regular granary in that it uses an elevating mechanism to hold the grain in one of many different bins, and that it is designed to fill large trucks and train cars for shipping grain in bulk.
grain engulfment
A condition in which a person is fully submerged in grain, most often in a silo or other grain storage structure.
grain entrapment
A condition in which a person is partially submerged in grain, most often in a silo or other grain storage structure.
granary
A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
grand tourer
nounAutomotive
A kind of sports car designed for high speeds and long distances, combining performance and luxury attributes.
granger road
nounRail equipment
A railroad used mainly for transporting the produce of farmers or grangers.
granny
An older ewe that may lure a lamb away from its mother.
granophyric
adjectiveMining and extraction
Having a texture resembling that of classic granophyre.
granulated steel
nounMetallurgy
A variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.
grape smugglers
Tight or skimpy swimwear worn by men revealing details of the genitalia.
graphics processing unit
A specialized electronic circuit designed to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device.
grass-cock
A cock (small pile) of grass (cut, gathered, and piled).
Grassmann's law
An empirical law about human colour perception, stating that chromatic sensation can be described in terms of an effective stimulus consisting of linear combinations of different light colours.
gravel stop
nounConstruction
Flashing installed to prevent the gravel surfacing from being washed off a roof by heavy rain.
gravure
A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.
grease
Synonym of fat (“work containing much blank, profitable to the compositor”).
great primer
The size of type between English and paragon, standardized as 18-point, used in the printing of large-format English bibles.
green
adjectiveMetallurgy
Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.
green corn
The young ears of corn (maize) harvested while still in the milky stage, before the kernels fully mature.
green meat
Any type of food or fodder consisting of herbs, plants or vegetables.
green road
A rural, unpaved route that provides access to agricultural land.