console: Meaning and Definition of

con•sole

1. to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.

con•sole

1. a television, phonograph, or radio cabinet designed to stand on the floor rather than on a table or shelf.
2. the control or monitoring unit of a computer, containing the keyboard or keys, switches, etc.
3. a desklike structure containing the keyboards, pedals, etc., by means of which an organ is played.
4. a small cabinet standing on the floor and having doors.
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6. the control unit of a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system: the console that controls a theater's lighting system.
7. an ornamental corbel or bracket, esp. one high in relation to its projection.
8. a tray or container typically divided into compartments, mounted between bucket seats, and used for storing small items.
9. a unit on a vessel containing steering apparatus, systems monitoring equipment, etc.: a bridge console, an engine-room console.