1. Try to help someone feel less distressed, grieving, or disappointed through sympathetic words or actions
   "His friends consoleed him after the loss of his job";
   - comfort, soothe, solace

1. 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)
   "The technician monitored the power plant's operations from the control console"
    
2. Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
   "The TV console took up a large portion of the living room";
   - cabinet
    
3. A small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
   "They placed a mirror above the console table in the entryway";
   - console table
    
4. An ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)
   "the bust of Napoleon stood on a console"

Derived forms: consoled, consoling, consoles

Type of: act, bracket, housing, move, scientific instrument, table, wall bracket

Encyclopedia: Console