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console table

American  
[kon-sohl] / ˈkɒn soʊl /

noun

  1. a table supported by consoles or brackets fixed to a wall.

  2. a table, often with bracketlike legs, designed to fit against a wall.


console table British  
/ ˈkɒnsəʊl /

noun

  1. a table with one or more curved legs of bracket-like construction, designed to stand against a wall

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of console table

First recorded in 1805–15

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Take her recipe for a console table arrangement: Start with a trough from Restoration Hardware, add moss and top with sola wood succulents from Etsy.

From Seattle Times Oct. 13, 2023

Then place a narrow credenza or console table behind the sofa.

From Washington Post Jul. 13, 2022

The desk is actually a console table that my wife and I got for free when someone in her old building was giving it away.

From The Verge Aug. 20, 2021

“I brought out a clear console table and put that in the middle of the trees.”

From New York Times Sep. 12, 2020

She steadies herself against the whorled bird’s-eye maple console table in our foyer, my parents’ first flea market find as a couple, years before they had me.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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