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console table

console table

1 4.4
A narrow table that stands against a wall to hold decorations in a hallway or entryway
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒnsoʊl ˈteɪbəl/
translation icon : mesa consola
  • In the entrance hall, a visitors' book was open on a console table.
  • antique console table
  • marble console table
  • glass console table

This little side console table, now temporary coffee table.

Examples

  • And then this table, the console table for the cut flower shed.

  • I also am in the midst of converting my aunt's old dresser into a TV console table.

    Blog text (13)

  • This little side console table, now temporary coffee table.

    Allana Davison

  • After a recent post where you explained how you guys need a new TV console table, I got to thinking about this new old buffet.

    Blog text (13)

  • But today's an exciting day because the console table that is going right there is about to arrive and so is my mom.

  • There was a carafe of water on a console table nearby, and Meredith rose, went to pour herself a glass.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • She followed her across a black-and-white marble floor into an inner hallway dominated by an immense rococo-style gilt mirror and marble-topped console table.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Dalmar, formally resplendent in white satin breeches and dark evening coat, was replenishing two glasses from an opened bottle of hock which stood on a satinwood console table.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • In the entrance hall, a visitors' book was open on a console table.

  • There was a carafe of water on a console table nearby, and Meredith rose, went to pour herself a glass.

Synonyms

table
vsconsole table
∞ 1.0

A flat-topped piece of furniture with legs used for eating or working

is narrower and mainly for wall placement rather than general freestanding use
console
vsconsole table
8 7.0

A small table fixed to a wall for holding things

is a narrow furniture piece meant to be fixed or set against a wall

How Decorative

sideboard
9 4.4
console table
1 4.4
shelf
369 1.0

Surface Forms

console table singular
console tables plural

Morphology

console + table

The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'console' (a small wall-attached table) combined with 'table' yields the same referent, so no idiomatic shift is involved. This is a straightforward, compositional noun-noun compound that a learner who knows both words will readily understand.

Etymology

Console table: The name console table comes from the old word console, which meant a 'support' or wall 'bracket' used to hold up a shelf. So a console table is a narrow table placed against a wall, like a small shelf held up by that support.