console
Console means to comfort someone.
(verb)An example of console is visiting with a friend whose husband has just left her for another woman.
The definition of a console is a storage compartment or cabinet.
(noun)An example of console is where people store items in their car.
See console in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Related Forms:
- consolable adjective
- consolingly adverb
noun
- an ornamental bracket for supporting a shelf, bust, cornice, etc.
- console table
- the desklike frame containing the keys, stops, pedals, and other controls of an organ
- a radio, television, or phonograph cabinet designed to stand on the floor
- ☆ an instrument panel or unit, containing gauges and the controls for operating aircraft, automobiles, computers, and other electrical or electronic systems
- a raised portion between bucket seats in an automobile, containing storage compartments, switches and controls, etc.
Origin: Fr, prob. contr. < consolateur, lit., one who consoles (see console); name for carved figures supporting cornices or as rails in choir stalls (sense development analogous to misericord, sense )
See console in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb con·soled, con·sol·ing, con·soles
Origin:
Origin: French consoler
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin cōnsōlārī
Origin: : com-, intensive pref.; see com-
Origin: + sōlārī, to comfort
.Related Forms:
- con·solˈa·ble adjective
- con·soˈla·toˌry (-sōˈlə-tôrˌē, -tōrˌē, -sŏlˈə-) adjective
- con·solˈer noun
- con·solˈing·ly adverb
noun
- a. A cabinet for a radio, television set, or phonograph, designed to stand on the floor.b. A small freestanding storage cabinet.
- Music The desklike part of an organ that contains the keyboard, stops, and pedals.
- a. A central control panel for a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system.b. An instrument panel.
- The portion of a computer or peripheral that houses the apparatus used to operate the machine manually and provides a means of communication between the computer operator and the central processing unit, often in the form of a keyboard.
- A small storage compartment mounted between bucket seats in an automobile.
- An often scroll-shaped bracket used for decoration or for supporting a projecting member, such as a cornice or shelf.
- A console table.
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , perhaps short for consolider, to strengthen
Origin: , from Latin cōnsolidāre; see consolidate
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