All 4 Uses of
console
in
The Sea of Tranquility
- I wonder if there is a person on Earth who is consoled by a casserole.†
p. 173.5 *consoled = comforted (emotionally)
- His voice breaks on the third over and he starts to cry, but no one consoles him.†
p. 400.8 *
- It's a mid-eighteenth-century George the Second—style marble-topped console table.†
p. 79.8
- We hit three antique stores by noon, and I still haven't found anything remotely like the console table I'm looking for.†
p. 270.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(console as in: console her grief) to comfort (emotionally)
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(2)
(console as in: plug it into the console) controls or video monitor(s) for electrical equipment; or a cabinet made to hold electronic equipment
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, console can refer to a storage compartment between the bucket seats of a car.