console Meaning and Definition

1. n. housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

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

3. n. 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)

4. n. a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall

5. v. give moral or emotional strength to