console
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noun \ˈkän-ˌsōl\Definition of CONSOLE
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: an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament
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a : an upright case that houses the keyboards and controlling mechanisms of an organ and from which the organ is played b : a combination of readouts or displays and an input device (as a keyboard or switches) by which an operator can monitor and interact with a system (as a computer or dubber)
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a : a cabinet (as for a radio or television set) designed to rest directly on the floor b : a small storage cabinet between bucket seats in an automobile
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: an electronic system that connects to a display (as a television set) and is used primarily to play video games
See Examples of CONSOLE
- <a custom-built walnut console holds all of their home-theater components>
Origin of CONSOLE
French
First Known Use: 1664
Rhymes with CONSOLE
airhole, armhole, atoll, bankroll, beadroll, bedroll, black hole, blackpoll, blowhole, borehole, bunghole, cajole, catchpole, charcoal, chuckhole, condole, control, creole, Creole, dipole, drumroll, dry hole, Dutch roll, egg roll, enroll, ensoul, extol, eyehole, field goal, fishbowl, flagpole, foxhole, funk hole, hard coal, half sole, heart-whole, hellhole, Huichol, inscroll, insole, in whole, keyhole, kneehole, knothole, leaf roll, logroll, loophole, manhole, maypole, midsole, Mongol, outsole, parole, patrol, payroll, peephole, pesthole, pinhole, pistole, pitchpole, porthole, posthole, pothole, redpoll, ridgepole, Sheol, shot hole, sinkhole, ski pole, slipsole, snap roll, sotol, sound hole, spring roll, tadpole, taphole, thumbhole, top-hole, touchhole, unroll, washbowl, weep hole, white hole, wormhole
2con·sole
transitive verb \kən-ˈsōl\con·soledcon·sol·ing
Definition of CONSOLE
: to alleviate the grief, sense of loss, or trouble of : comfort <console a widow>
— con·sol·ing·ly \-ˈsō-liŋ-lē\ adverb
Examples of CONSOLE
- Nothing could console her after his death.
- <the military officer who must console the bereaved at a soldier's funeral>
Origin of CONSOLE
French consoler, from Latin consolari, from com- + solari to console
First Known Use: 1673
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