Definitions for consoles
consoles
con·sole
Spelling: [kuh n-sohl]
IPA: /kənˈsoʊl/
Consoles is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 196 anagrams from letters in consoles (celnooss).
Definitions for consoles
noun
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Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
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the control or monitoring unit of a computer, containing the keyboard or keys, switches, etc.
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a television, phonograph, or radio cabinet designed to stand on the floor rather than on a table or shelf.
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a desklike structure containing the keyboards, pedals, etc., by means of which an organ is played.
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a small cabinet standing on the floor and having doors.
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console table.
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the control unit of a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system:
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Architecture. an ornamental corbel or bracket, especially one high in relation to its projection.
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Automotive. a tray or container typically divided into compartments, mounted between bucket seats, and used for storing small items.
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Nautical. a unit on a vessel containing steering apparatus, systems monitoring equipment, etc.:
verb (used with object)
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to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort:
Origin of consoles
1685-95; (French consoler) Latin consōlārī, equivalent to con- con- + sōlārī to soothe (see solace); perhaps akin to Old English sǣl happine
Examples for consoles
This woke her husband, who questioned and tried to console her, to no avail.
But if he loved her he would have mentioned her with affection, if only to console her in her widowhood.
The teenager was shaken by the incident, and his father remembers having to console him for hours that day.
The purpose of art,” Bemelmans once said, “is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.
As McSpadden wailed in grief, Head climbed on the hood of the car to console her.
Rupert Neve Designs crafted the console that lives at Third Man Records.
"There's a good view from the window," he said to console her for his depreciation of the picture.
We may at least console ourselves with the reflexion that such a contingency is far off.
console yourself, dear mother, circumstances require that you should.
To the extent of his means he would do what money could to console her!