Definition of "console"

console¹

/ˈkɒn.səʊl/

noun
plural consoles
1. A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
2. A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
3. An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
  Quotations
  The operating console of the new Glasgow Central cabin is divided into four sections, each at an angle to each other and each of which is normally under one signalman's control; [...]
  1961 March, “The new Glasgow Central signalbox”, in Trains Illustrated, page 177
  1. The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
  2. (video games) A consumer device dedicated to playing video games, with the ability to change games.
4. (automotive) A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
5. (architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped.
6. (heraldry) A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.
  Quotations
  On an attractive console with two winged putti as supporters [...] is a marriage coat of arms : Dexter, the Paoli arms : Gules (base), a bend azure charged with five lilies gules, and or (chief); Sinister, the […]
  1919, Allan Marquand, Robbia Heraldry, page 60
  The only authentic reference for the tincture of the shield still in existence is the armorial console in Jacques Coeur's chapel […]
  1994, James H. Marrow, François Avril, The Hours of Simon de Varie, Getty Publications, page 134

console²

/kənˈsəʊl/

verb
third-person singular simple present consoles, present participle consoling, simple past and past participle consoled
1. (transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
  Quotations
  I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete.
  P. Henry
  "Do you remember, my friend, that I went to Tostes once when you had just lost your first deceased? I consoled you at that time. I thought of something to say then, but now—" Then, with a loud groan that shook his whole chest, "Ah! this is the end for me, do you see! I saw my wife go, then my son, and now to-day it's my daughter."
  1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling

Definition of "console"

console1

noun

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console2

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