map pocket

Panel storage pouch

A map pocket is a flat storage compartment built into a car door, seatback, or similar surface, originally designed to hold folded road maps.

The term persists even though maps have largely given way to phones and tablets: I keep my sunglasses in the map pocket.

Related

sleeve · atlas · road trip · long drive · family vacation · rest stop · gas station · passenger seat · folded · crinkled · paper · directions · highway · backseat · road atlas · organizer · visor · console

Opposites
vehicle storage location

map pocketglove box

Dashboard storage compartment

glove compartment · center console · trunk · boot · cargo area

Family

map, pocket, maps, mapped, mapping, mapper, pockets, pocketed, pocketing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G