console

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)

   the bust of Napoleon stood on a console

2. 2
   noun

   A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.

   The film's music blared from the console.

3. 3
   noun

   An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.

   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; [...]

4. 4
   noun

   A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.

   Could you put my phone in the centre console?

5. 5
   noun

   A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.

   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[…]

6. 6
   verb

   To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.

   However, she contained herself as best she might, consoled by the reflection that her reasoning had been justified by events.

7. 7
   noun

   housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

8. 8
   noun

   a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)

Etymology

Borrowed from French consoler, from Latin cōnsōlor (“to console, offer solace”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”) (whence also solace).