console
A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
“Could you put my phone in the centre console?”
Verb 1 meaning
To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
Etymology
Borrowed from French console (“bracket”, noun), from consoler (“to console, to comfort”, verb). Sense of “bracket” either due to a bracket alleviating the load, or due to brackets being decorated with the Christian figure of a consolateur (“consoler”), itself perhaps a pun on the first sense (alleviating load).
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CONSOLE at a glance
CONSOLE has 7 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + N 1 + S 1 + O 1 + L 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,127 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with console
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- CONDOLE10
- CONSOLS9
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